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MEDISAN

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Abstract

CHACON VERANES, Mariela et al. Suicide attempts in the population older than 15 years during the biennium 2011-2012 . MEDISAN [online]. 2013, vol.17, n.10, pp. 6072-6079. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive, retrospective and cross-sectional study of 71 patients, (15 years and over) with a history of suicide attempt, belonging to the health area of América 2 Teaching Polyclinic from Contramaestre municipality in Santiago de Cuba was carried out during the biennium 2011-2012, aimed at determining the behavior of the suicide attempt in them. Female sex, with higher frequency in 2011 of the age group 15-19 (16.5%) prevailed in the case material, and in 2012 the age group 25-59 (29.5%); the origin was mostly urban (53.5%) and, as occupation, students prevailed in 2011 (15.4%) and workers in 2012 (21.8%). Also, the most used method for the attempt was the psychotropic drugs ingestion, predominantly in the female sex (45.0%) and the number of patients with suicide attempt increased in 5 by 2012, representing 7.0% over the previous year.

Keywords : suicide attempt; psychotropic drugs; primary health care.

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