ERIC Number: EJ857547
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-Aug
Pages: 17
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ISSN: ISSN-0363-0234
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Prevalence of Suicide Risk Factors and Suicide-Related Outcomes in the National Mental Health Study, Colombia
Posada-Villa, Jose; Camacho, Juan Camilo; Valenzuela, Jose Ignacio; Arguello, Arturo; Cendales, Juan Gabriel; Fajardo, Roosevelt
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, v39 n4 p408-424 Aug 2009
A community survey in 4,426 adults was undertaken as part of the World Mental Health Survey Initiative reporting the prevalence and risk factors for suicide-related outcomes in Colombia. Lifetime prevalence estimates of suicide ideation, plans, attempts, and risk factors for suicide-related outcomes were assessed. Retrospective reports of disorders age-of-onset were used to study associations between primary mental disorders and first onset of suicide-related outcomes. Risks of plans and attempts were highest with ideation early age-of-onset and within the first year. The highest risk for ideation and attempt among ideators occurred in the 18-29 age group. After first employment (defined as the first paid job accepted by the respondent) and presence of mental disorders constituted risk factors. Impulse-control disorders were strongest diagnostic predictors.
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Incidence, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Suicide, At Risk Persons, Psychological Patterns, Self Destructive Behavior, Age Differences, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Employment, Predictor Variables
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Colombia
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