Hostname: page-component-7c8c6479df-94d59 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-03-28T18:38:40.301Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false

Suicidal ideation and organic diseases in acute female psychiatric patients

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 March 2020

P. Solano*
Affiliation:
Clinica Psichiatrica, Psychiatry, Genoa, Italy
M. Ustulin
Affiliation:
Clinica Psichiatrica, Psychiatry, Genoa, Italy
R. Vecchio
Affiliation:
Clinica Psichiatrica, Psychiatry, Genoa, Italy
A. Rreshketa
Affiliation:
Clinica Psichiatrica, Psychiatry, Genoa, Italy
E. Pizzorno
Affiliation:
Legal Medicine, Health Sciences and Legal Medicine, Genova, Italy
G. Serafini
Affiliation:
Clinica Psichiatrica, Psychiatry, Genoa, Italy
M. Amore
Affiliation:
Clinica Psichiatrica, Psychiatry, Genoa, Italy
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button.
Introduction

Physical illness has been recognized as a major risk factor for suicidal behaviours, especially among females. A higher number of physical comorbidities has been associated with higher suicide- risk, thus having a greater burden among the elderly.

Objectives

investigate this evidence to be able to estimate the load of physical illness on suicidality among psychiatric females of different age.

Aims

Evaluate the association between suicidal ideation, age, depression and physical comorbidities in a sample of acute females psychiatric in-patients.

Methods

81 psychiatric female in-patients were evaluated during their first day of hospitalization through MADRS, SSI and the presence of organic comorbidity has been collected together with demographic data. All the evaluations were carried out at the Psychiatric Clinic, University of Genova, Italy.

Results

Mean age 48 (age–range value: 74, high variability). Pearson's Chi-squared test showed: significant association between SSI and MADRS (P = 0,027; α = 0,05); no association between SSI and age (P = 0,194; α=0,05); no association between SSI and presence medical illness (P = 0,132; α = 0,05); no association between SSI and number of medical illness (P = 0,186; α = 0,05).

Conclusions

Our results show that the levels of suicidal ideation in psychiatric females are independent from age, presence and number of physical comorbidities. Suicidal ideation appears to be associated only with levels of depression. Our results challenge evidence from a large number of current studies and, if confirmed by further research, would lead to reconsider major suicide risk factors. Further research to investigate these associations on larger samples is needed.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their declaration of competing interest.

Type
EW614
Copyright
Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2014
Submit a response

Comments

No Comments have been published for this article.