title: Suicide attempters in the emergency department before hospitalization in a psychiatric ward.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study aims to compare the current suicidal risk of mood disorder patients who had just attempted suicide, as compared with those who had not attempted suicide, admitted to an emergency department (ED), and then hospitalized in a psychiatric unit.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred sixty-one mood disorder patients admitted to the ED were studied. A total of 22.4% of the participants were admitted for a suicide attempt. Patients were assessed for psychopathology and diagnosis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Suicide attempters were nearly 12 times more likely to report ongoing suicidal ideation during the psychiatric evaluation in the ED than nonattempters. Men and women did not differ for current and previous suicide attempts or for ongoing suicidal ideation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It is important to conduct a suicide risk assessment when individuals are admitted to an ED.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. maurizio.pompili@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pompili
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Innamorati
authors.forename: Gianluca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serafini
authors.forename: Alberto
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Forte
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cittadini
authors.forename: Iginia
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mancinelli
authors.forename: Giusy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Calabró
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dominici
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lester
authors.forename: Hagop S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Akiskal
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Rihmer
authors.forename: Giulia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Iacorossi
authors.forename: Nicoletta
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: Alessandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Talamo
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tatarelli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002399:Catharsis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D012384:Rome; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention