Characterization of adolescents with suicidal behavior

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Keywords:

adolescence, family, suicide, suicide attempt.

Abstract

Introduction: The suicide attempt is defined as any self-inflicted action with the purpose of harming oneself in a lethal way and whose result was not death. In adolescence it is a public health problem, with an increase in morbidity and mortality rates.
Objective: To characterize adolescents with suicidal behavior treated in a pediatric emergency service.
Methods: An observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out from November 2020 to January 2022. Of 82 pediatric patients attended during the period with suspected suicide attempt, 45 were selected according to inclusion criteria. The variables are described: age, sex, origin, triggering situation and form of the suicide attempt.
Results: Predominance was found between 15 and 18 years of age (84%), female (80%); in 62% the adolescents were of urban origin; In 40% of the cases, the main triggering problem was family problems and the form of the attempt was the ingestion of medications (65%).
Conclusions: Adolescents with suicidal behavior are between 15 and 18 years old, female, of urban origin, made the attempt due to family problems, through the ingestion of medications.

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Author Biographies

Álvaro Lissabet Magaña, UCM Holguín

Estudiante de tercer año de medicina

Danilo Taño Tamayo, UCM Holguín

Estudiante de segundo año de medicina

Arnaldo Marcheco Ricardo, UCM Holguín

Estudiante de tercer año de medicina

Dario López Méndez, UCM Holguín

Estudiante de quinto año de medicina

Juan Ernesto Rivera Martínez, UCM Holguín

Estudiante de quinto año de medicina

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2022-12-15

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Lissabet Magaña Álvaro, Taño Tamayo D, Marcheco Ricardo A, López Méndez D, Rivera Martínez JE. Characterization of adolescents with suicidal behavior. Rev Cubana Med Milit [Internet]. 2022 Dec. 15 [cited 2025 May 14];51(4):e02202242. Available from: https://revmedmilitar.sld.cu/index.php/mil/article/view/2242

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Vol. 51 No. 4 (2022): October - December

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