title: [Factor Characterization Associated with Suicidal Behavior in 8(th) Grade Adolescent Students in Three Schools from Bogotá (Colombia)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the probability for suicide risk and/or mental disorders, together with related factors among high school students in 3 schools in Bogota.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross sectional study of 309 adolescents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The average age was 13.83 ± 0.9, female dominance (58.6%) and a 3(rd) socioeconomic stratum (68.3%). The suicidal risk behavioral probability and/or mental symptoms was 47.6%, 26.5% exhibited some suicide manifestations, 14.23% had experienced suicidal ideas in the last 3 months, 3.55% had had suicide attempts at least once in life, and 8.73% had suicidal ideas in the last 3 months with suicide attempts. The risk of suicidal behavior and/or mental disorders was explained jointly by depression (OR=27.9, 95% CI: 3.5-223. 1), low self-esteem (OR=11.8, 95% CI: 2.5-56.5), severe family dysfunction (OR=3.4, 95%CI 1.2-9.7), being female (OR=2.1, 95% CI: 1.2-3.8) and being 15 or older (OR=1.9, 95% CI: 0.967-3.9). Psychological abuse followed by physical mistreatment was associated with suicidal behavior and /or mental illness while good family relationships were associated to lower probability.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Depression, low self-esteem, severe family dysfunction, female gender, older age (≥15) and domestic violence are risk factors associated with suicide and/or mental disorders in adolescents; good family relationships are associated with lower risk.
authors.affiliation: Médica psiquiatra. Especialización en Psiquiatría, de la Universidad Nacional de Colombia; formación en psicoanálisis, de la Sociedad Colombiana de Psicoanálisis. Especialización en epidemiología, de la Universidad del Rosario. Maestría en epidemiología, de la Universidad CES y Universidad del Rosario, Profesora principal del Centro de Investigación de Ciencias de la Salud (CICS), Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: isabel.perez@urosario.edu.co.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pérez-Olmos
authors.affiliation: Médica residente de psiquiatría, tercer año. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Doris Lorena Téllez
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: Médica residente de psiquiatría, tercer año. Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Ángela Liliana Vélez
authors.initials: ÁL
authors.lastname: Traslaviña
authors.affiliation: Estadístico matemático. Especialización en Epidemiologia, de la Universidad El Bosque, y especialización en Docencia Universitaria. Magíster en Epidemiologia General, de la Universidad del Valle. Profesor del Centro de Investigación en Ciencias de la Salud (CICS), Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad del Rosario, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Milcíades
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ibáñez-Pinilla
keywords: Suicide; Suicidio; adolescent; adolescente; autoestima; depresión; depression; family relationships; mental disorders; relaciones familiares; self-esteem; trastornos mentales