Psychiatric Disorders and Personality Profiles of Middle-Aged Suicide Attempters With No Evidence of Specific Psychopathological Profiles Referring to an Emergency Department



Brand S^{1, 2, 3} ; Nejat M⁴ ; Rahimi A⁴ ; Haghighi M⁴ ; Jahangard L⁴ ; Bahmani DS¹ ; Bajoghli H⁵ ; Holsboertrachsler E¹ ; Ahmadpanah M⁴
Source: Iranian Journal of Psychiatry Published:2017

Abstract

Objective: The present study aimed at assessing the sociodemographic and psychiatric characteristics of 40 to 65 year- old suicide attempters, who referred to an emergency department within 4 hours of the attempt. Method: A total of 93 suicide attempters (Mage=46.59 years), who referred to an emergency department, were assessed in this study. Patients completed questionnaires covering sociodemographic data, personality traits, mood, and impulsivity. Psychiatric status of the patients was rated by experts. Results: Experts rated 85 (92.4%) of the suicide attempters as having a psychiatric disorder. Based on self-ratings and compared to normative data, 42 (46.6%) patients were psychopathologically ill. It was found that suicide attempts were not related to impulsive personality traits, mood disorders, sociodemographic patterns, or gender (gender-ratio: 1:1.58; f: m). Conclusion: The pattern of the results suggested that further unknown factors were involved in pushing people to attempt suicide.