Table 2 Crisis context at admission for the sample, by gender, and results of gender comparison
| Â | Sample | Women | Men | Statistics | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | (%) | N | (%) | N | (%) | Â | Â | |
Referred by |  |  |  |  |  |  | χ2 = 7.72 (df = 5) | 0.10 |
 Emergency unit | 164 | (46.59) | 109 | (30.97) | 55 | (15.63) |  |  |
 Outpatient unit | 33 | (9.38) | 21 | (5.97) | 12 | (3.41) |  |  |
 Private practitioner | 106 | (30.11) | 67 | (19.03) | 39 | (11.08) |  |  |
 Psychiatric hospital | 39 | (11.08) | 17 | (4.83) | 22 | (6.25) |  |  |
 Self-referred | 10 | (2.84) | 5 | (1.42) | 5 | (1.42) |  |  |
 Specialized psychiatric unitsa | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) | 0 | (0.00) |  |  |
Primary problem presented |  |  |  |  |  |  | χ2 = 8.11 (df = 7) | 0.32 |
 Anxiety | 50 | (14.20) | 28 | (7.95) | 22 | (6.25) |  |  |
 Delusions/hallucinations | 13 | (3.93) | 6 | (17.04) | 7 | (1.99) |  |  |
 Depressed mood | 112 | (31.82) | 71 | (20.17) | 41 | (11.64) |  |  |
 Substance abuse | 7 | (1.99) | 5 | (1.42) | 2 | (0.57) |  |  |
 Suicidal ideation or attempt | 143 | (40.63) | 92 | (26.13) | 51 | (14.49) |  |  |
 Violence | 5 | (1.42) | 1 | (0.28) | 4 | (1.14) |  |  |
 Not reported | 17 | (4.83) | 13 | (3.69) | 4 | (1.14) |  |  |
 Other | 5 | (1.42) | 2 | (0.57) | 3 | (0.85) |  |  |
Trigger event |  |  |  |  |  |  | χ2 = 25.75 (df = 5) | < 0.001 |
 Couple | 148 | (42.05) | 101 | (28.69) | 47 | (13.35) |  |  |
 Family | 59 | (16.76) | 44 | (12.50) | 15 | (4.26) |  |  |
 Work | 69 | (19.60) | 38 | (10.79) | 31 | (8.81) |  |  |
 Other | 53 | (15.06) | 20 | (5.68) | 33 | (9.38) |  |  |
 Unclear | 23 | (6.53) | 16 | (4.54) | 7 | (1.99) |  |  |