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Revista Médica Electrónica
versão On-line ISSN 1684-1824
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ARGOTA MATOS, Nolvis et al. Behavior of some suicidal attempt risk factors in teenagers. Rev. Med. Electron. [online]. 2015, vol.37, n.1, pp. 30-38. ISSN 1684-1824.
We carried out a descriptive, longitudinal, retrospective study, in 71 teenagers who committed suicidal attempt, belonging to Community Policlinic José Martí Pérez, of Santiago de Cuba province, in the period from January 2012 to December 2013, with the aim of determining the behavior of the risk factors that were present in these teenagers. We found a predominance of the female genre, with 74,5 %, and the 15-19 years age group, with 63,4 %. The higher number of teenagers were students (64,8 %) and 49,3 % were senior high school students (pre-university scholarship); 69,1 % of them were members of dysfunctional families. The main risk factors we found were hereditary familiar antecedents, with 19,7 %, and love relations rupture, with 16,9 %, being psycho drugs ingestion the most frequently used method (53,7 %).
Palavras-chave : adolescence; suicidal attempt; Cuba.