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HERRERA SANTI, Patricia M  y  AVILES BETANCOURT, Kenya. Factores familiares de riesgo en el intento suicida. Rev Cubana Med Gen Integr [online]. 2000, vol.16, n.2, pp.134-137. ISSN 0864-2125.

A study was undertook on the 23 cases of patients attempting to commit suicide during the years 1995 and 1996, in the health area of teaching policlinics "E. B. Neninger" in Alamar. The patients underwent an interview addressed to identify the presence of risk factors related to the family environment such as: family functioning, the presence of life events, the parastandard crisis more frequently presented in their family households. Within the obtained results it was observed that in most of the households family functioning was not good, it was corroborated the presence of family crisis in all of the studied families, with predominance of crisis caused by disorganization, demoralization and dismemberment events.

Palabras clave : SUICIDE; ATTEMPTED; RISK FACTORS; FAMILY; FAMILY RELATIONS.

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