Characteristics of a French African Caribbean epidemiological psychiatric sample with a history of suicide attempt.
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.
Slama
Frédéric
F
Secteur Nord Atlantique, Hôspital Colson, Fort de France, Martinique. slama.frederic@wanadoo.fr
Dehurtevent
Bénédicte
B
Even
Jean-Daniel
JD
Charles-Nicolas
Aimé
A
Ballon
Nicolas
N
Slama
Rémy
R
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*