Journal of Depression and Anxiety
Open Access
ISSN: 2167-1044
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2167-1044
+44 1223 790975
Department of Psychiatry, Teikyo University school of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan
Research Article
Are the Prescriptions of Psychiatric Patients Who Repeatedly Attempt Suicide Distinctive? A Study Based on a Survey of Prescription Drug Overdose Patients Admitted for Emergency Medical Care
Author(s): Akihisa Akahane, Kenichi Matumura, Gaku Oshikubo, Rie Kanai, Yukako Watanabe, Mamoru Tochigi, Naoki Hayashi* and Emi Ikebuchi
Objectives: Examining the pharmacotherapy of patients who have attempted suicide by overdose could be useful in developing treatment and suicide prevention plans. We surveyed the drugs taken by psychiatric prescription overdose patients who received inpatient treatment and sought to determine the characteristics of patients who repeatedly attempt suicide.
Methods: Subjects were 116 patients who attempted suicide by overdose with prescription psychiatric drugs and received inpatient treatment at the Intensive Care Unit of the Emergency and Critical Care Center of Teikyo University Hospital from August 2009 to July 2010. We retrospectively surveyed clinical characteristics, including prescriptions prior to hospitalization and psychiatric diagnosis, divided subjects into a first-admission (FA) and repeatadmission (RA) groups, and compared their c.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2167-1044.19.8.351