title: Characteristics of a French African Caribbean epidemiological psychiatric sample with a history of suicide attempt.
abstract: Research on vulnerability factors among ethnic groups, independent of primary psychiatric diagnosis, may help to identify groups at risk of suicidal behavior. French African Caribbean general psychiatric patients (N = 362) were recruited consecutively and independently of the primary psychiatric diagnosis. Demographic and clinical characteristics and lifetime history of suicide attempts were recorded. Sixty-five patients (18%) had a history of at least one suicide attempt. Presence of professional qualifications, children, poor social contacts, treatment with benzodiazepine at inclusion, and poor treatment compliance were all associated with a lifetime history of suicide attempts.
authors.affiliation: Secteur Nord Atlantique, Hôspital Colson, Fort de France, Martinique. slama.frederic@wanadoo.fr
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Slama
authors.forename: Bénédicte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Dehurtevent
authors.forename: Jean-Daniel
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Even
authors.forename: Aimé
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Charles-Nicolas
authors.forename: Nicolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ballon
authors.forename: Rémy
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Slama
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D017691:Caribbean Region / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000208:ethnology*