Table 1 Symptoms according to DSM IV-TR in the sample of ER patients referred for psychiatric consultation
From: Suicide attempts and emergency room psychiatric consultation
Suicide attempters | Non attempters | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Symptoms | n | % | N | % |
Anxiety Disorders | 62 | 22.1 | 596 | 37.1 |
Absence of psychiatric symptoms | 79 | 28.2 | 225 | 14.0 |
Substance Use Disorders | 34 | 12.1 | 225 | 14.0 |
Mood Disorders and Bipolar Disorders | 65 | 23.2 | 157 | 9.7 |
Schizophrenia and other Psychotic Disorders | 6 | 2.2 | 137 | 8.5 |
Neurocognitive Disorders | 18 | 6.4 | 112 | 7.0 |
Psychomotor agitation, excluding intoxication, withdrawal syndrome or dementia | 10 | 3.6 | 101 | 6.3 |
Other (e.g. EPS, neurologic symptoms) | 6 | 2.2 | 54 | 3.4 |
Total | 280 | 100 | 1608 | 100 |