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Prevalence of Suicide Risk Factors and Suicide‐Related Outcomes in the National Mental Health Study, Colombia

2009; Wiley; Volume: 39; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1521/suli.2009.39.4.408

1943-278X

José Posada‐Villa, Juan Camilo Camacho, José Ignacio Valenzuela, Arturo Argüello, Juan Gabriel Cendales, Roosevelt Fajardo,

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

A community survey in 4,426 adults was undertaken as part of the World Mental Health Survey Initiative reporting the prevalence and risk factors for suicide‐related outcomes in Colombia. Lifetime prevalence estimates of suicide ideation, plans, attempts, and risk factors for suicide‐related outcomes were assessed. Retrospective reports of disorders age‐of‐onset were used to study associations between primary mental disorders and first onset of suicide‐related outcomes. Risks of plans and attempts were highest with ideation early age‐of‐onset and within the first year. The highest risk for ideation and attempt among ideators occurred in the 18–29 age group. After first employment (defined as the first paid job accepted by the respondent) and presence of mental disorders constituted risk factors. Impulse‐control disorders were strongest diagnostic predictors.