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Attempted suicide by jumping

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2020

E Vieta ,
E Nieto ,
C Gastó  and
E Cirera
E Vieta
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
E Nieto
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
C Gastó
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
E Cirera
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Clínic i Provincial, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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Summary

The sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of 62 patients, who were consecutively admitted to medical or surgical departments in a general hospital in Barcelona, as a result of attempting suicide by jumping from buildings were investigated. All patients met DSM III criteria for at least one psychiatric diagnosis. The most frequent diagnosis was schizophrenia (40%), followed by depression (24%). The attempts made by depressed patients tended to be more lethal. Most of the schizophrenics presented active psychotic symptoms at the time of attempting suicide.

Keywords

attempted suicidemethod of suicideaffective disorderschizophrenia
Type
Original article
Information
European Psychiatry , Volume 7 , Issue 5 , 1992 , pp. 221 - 224
Copyright
Copyright © Elsevier, Paris 1992

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