title: [Psychiatric emergency and first level intervention. Analysis of a series of attempted suicides at a Turin First Aid station].
abstract: The present study was carried out in a Turin Hospital and considers interventions for attempted suicide in the period March-May 1988, examining psychopathological and social characteristics. No epidemiological evaluation was made of the problem but rather an analysis of the specialist and general assistance given to these patients in First Aid structures, the therapeutic protocols that preceded the attempted suicide, motivations and modalities involved. In addition, a three-month follow-up looked at the therapeutic destiny of the cases. In the last analysis, an attempt was made to evaluate the therapeutic interaction between local psychiatric services and the First Aid facility of a general hospital: in fact, according to the health service reform law and the application of Law 180, the DEA, as a hospital structure, forms part of the structures delegated to the treatment of mental disturbances.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Psichiatrica III, Università degli Studi di Torino.
authors.forename: P M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Furlan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rosso
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Barboni
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cristina
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piterà
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scarpone
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D004522:Educational Status; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted
vernacular_title: Urgenza psichiatrica e intervento di primo livello. Analisi di un gruppo di tentati suicidi in un Pronto Soccorso della Città di Torino.