Tentativa de suic赤dio entre pacientes com uso nocivo de bebidas alco車licas internados em hospital geral

作者：Lima; Daniela Dantas; Azevedo; Renata Cruz Soares de; Gaspar; Karla Cristina; Silva; Viviane Franco da; Mauro; Marisa Lucia Fabricio; Botega; Neury Jose

来源：Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria, 2010.

DOI：10.1590/S0047-20852010000300001

• alcoholism
• suicide attempt
• depression
• inpatients.

objective: to detect factors associated to previous suicide attempt among patients admitted to a general hospital who presented harmful alcohol drinking pattern. method: 4.352 patients consecutively admitted were screened by means of the audit (alcohol use disorder identification test) and had (hospital anxiety and depression scale). qui-squared tests and multiple logistic regression were performed. results: 423 individuals presented alcohol harmful use or dependence (audit %26gt; 8), 60 (14.2%) of which had depression (had %26gt; 8) and 34 (8%) previous suicide attempt. the latter was more frequent among young adults [odds ratio (or) = 3.4], those who were depressed (or = 6.6), had previously taken psychotropic medicines (or = 7) and had aids (or = 24). conclusion: our findings reinforce the need for detection and adequate treatment of conditions that, when together, strongly increase the suicide risk.