title: Serious Suicide Attempts: Evidence on Variables for Manage and Prevent this Phenomenon.
abstract: The aim of this study is to investigate the variables shown to be linked to serious suicide attempts. Cases requiring emergency admission to intensive care were collected from medical records of the University Hospital in Messina (Italy) for the years 2006-2010. 107 cases of serious attempted suicide were examined, 39 of which ended in the death of the patient. The results showed the following variables to be linked highly significantly (P < 0.01) and have good nominal association (V > 0.30) with a fatal suicidal attempt: the year of the attempt, deceased father, history of physical illness prior to hospitalization and method used to carry out the suicide attempt. These results confirm the severity and the multidisciplinary importance of this phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, University of Messina, Via Consolare Valeria 1, 98100, Messina, Italy. cmento@unime.it.
authors.forename: Carmela
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4611-3740
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mento
authors.affiliation: University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Eleonora Lo
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Presti
authors.affiliation: Department of Economics, Business, Environmental Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Division of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mucciardi
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Angelo
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sinardi
authors.affiliation: University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Liotta
authors.affiliation: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Settineri
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Manage; Prevent; Psychiatric illness; Serious suicide attempts