title: Assessment of Suicidal Intent.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Suicide and suicidal attempt are an important cause of mortality and denotes severe morbidity among the population. Successful suicide attempt is associated with previous suicide attempts. Identifying factors in suicide attempters will help in formulating a comprehensive response to these issues.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To identify the sub group who are more vulnerable and the factors associated with this group.
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross sectional observational study of this sub group was carried out.
  
  
  METHODS
  study was conducted on patients who were referred to the Psychiatry department for attempted suicide. They were assessed to identify those with high suicidal intent and study the factors associated with high suicidal intent.
  
  
  METHODS
  Epiinfo by CDC was used to analyze the results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  High intent was associated with history of psychiatric illness, history of previous attempts and family history of suicidal attempts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A sub group was identified which had a high intent and possibly higher chance of repeating an attempt.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Rajkumar
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ramanathan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Arul Saravanan
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Ramachandran
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Kalaivani
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Periasamy
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, SRM Medical College Hospital and Research Centre, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Kala
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saminathan
keywords: Attempted suicide; intervention; suicidal intent