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KMID : 0897520130180010027
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Journal of Korean Association of Social Psychiatry
2013 Volume.18 No. 1 p.27 ~ p.33
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A Study on the Trends and Changes in Suicide Attempters
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Hong Yeo-Jin
Son Bong-Ki
Lee Sang-Kyu
Kim Do-Hoon
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Abstract
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Objective: The objective of this research is to examine the demographic factors of suicide attempters in the Gangwon-do region, suicide risk factors, the suicide attempter’s seriousness, sincerity, and the trends and changes in psychiatric healing process after suicide attempts.
Methods: The subjects were the patients who visited the emergency room of Chuncheon The subjects were the patients who visited the emergency room of Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital after suicide attempts and received psychiatric treatments, and these patients were divided into the 2005 Group composed of 56 patients who visited the hospital for one year from August 1, 2004 to July 31, 2005, and the 2010 Group composed of 58 patients who visited the hospital for one year from May 1, 2010 to April 30, 2011. The structured interviews were conducted by psychiatrists for more than 30 minutes on each of those patients and caretakers. The patients were interviewed using Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), Risk-Rescue Rating system (RRRS). Through the interviews with the suicide attempters and overall impressions, the sincerity of the suicide attempts was evaluated on a 3-point scale. In order to evaluate the follow-up psychiatric healing process, each patient’s emergency room records, hospitalization records, medical records, and follow-up outpatient records were examined retrospectively and the data thus collected were evaluated.
Results: The results of comparing the 2005 Group with the 2010 Group showed that both seriousness and sincerity of suicide attempts were getting increasingly higher as years went by. The results of examining the psychiatric treatments after suicide attempts in the 2005 Group and the 2010 Group showed that the number of those who received psychiatric treatments was low regardless of the times.
Conclusion: Through this research, it can be seen that the methods of suicide attempts with higher lethality have been used as times go by. From the fact that the Gangwon-do region has many aging people and people with alcohol problems in the demographic aspect, it can be seen that it has many people vulnerable to suicidal risks due to regional characteristics. This research is meaningful in confirming that the local community should pay attention to the aging population and people with alcohol problems and that its active intervention is needed.
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KEYWORD
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Suicide, Risk factor, Rescue
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