Early psychiatric referral after attempted suicide helps prevent suicide reattempts: A longitudinal national cohort study in South Koreaopen access
- Authors
- Kim, H[Kim, Hyewon]; Kim, Y[Kim, Yuwon]; Shin, MH[Shin, Myung-Hee]; Park, YJ[Park, Yoo-Jung]; Park, HE[Park, Hyung-Eun]; Fava, M[Fava, Maurizio]; Mischoulon, D[Mischoulon, David]; Park, MJ[Park, Mi Jin]; Kim, EJ[Kim, Eun Ji]; Jeon, HJ[Jeon, Hong Jin]
- Issue Date
- 6-Sep-2022
- Publisher
- FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
- Keywords
- suicide attempt; suicide reattempt; psychiatric service use; psychiatric referral; suicide prevention
- Citation
- FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY, v.13
- Indexed
- SCIE
SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
- Volume
- 13
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/99898
- DOI
- 10.3389/fpsyt.2022.607892
- ISSN
- 1664-0640
- Abstract
- IntroductionAlthough people who attempted suicide tend to repeat suicide attempts, there is a lack of evidence on the association between psychiatric service factors and suicide reattempt among them. MethodsWe used a nationwide, population-based medical record database of South Korea to investigate the use of psychiatric services before and after the index suicide attempt and the association between psychiatric service factors after the index suicide attempt with the risk of suicide reattempt. ResultsAmong 5,874 people who had attempted suicide, the all-cause mortality within 3 months after the suicide attempt was 11.6%. Among all subjects who attempted suicide, 30.6% of them had used psychiatric services within 6 months before the suicide attempt; 43.7% of them had used psychiatric services within 3 months after the suicide attempt. Among individuals who had visited clinics following attempted suicide, the cumulative incidence of suicide reattempt over a mean follow-up period of 5.1 years was 3.4%. About half of suicide reattempts occurred within 1 year after the index suicide attempt. Referral to psychiatric services within 7 days was associated with a decreased risk of suicide reattempt (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.51; 95% confidence intervals, 0.29-0.89). ConclusionAn early psychiatric referral within 1 week after a suicide attempt was associated with a decreased risk of suicide reattempt.
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