title: [Attempted suicide and previous contact with health system].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Suicide behavior is an important health problem. Several works found have reported that the majority of completed suicides visited to the general practitioner in previous days.
  
  
  METHODS
  219 suicide attempts attended in a General Hospital were asked about their previous contact with health system.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The third part of the patients have visited the general practitioner in the previous month. 60% of the patients with personal antecedents of psychiatric diseases have visited to mental services in the previous month.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is necessary to find risk suicide markers that allow identifying these patients in primary attention. The increment of the consultation periodicity is proposed as efficient risk suicide marker.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, 28034, España.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madoz-Gúrpide
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baca-García
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Díaz-Sastre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ceverino
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guerro
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Saiz
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010507:Periodicity; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D013030:Spain; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology