Fabian U Lang1, Nadine Hubel2, Markus Kösters2, Thomas Messer3, Alexander Dinse-Lambracht4, Markus Jäger2. 1. Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89312, Günzburg, Germany. fabian.lang@uni-ulm.de. 2. Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Ludwig-Heilmeyer-Str. 2, 89312, Günzburg, Germany. 3. Danuvius Klinik Pfaffenhofen, Pfaffenhofen, Germany. 4. Department of Anesthesiology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: To analyze suicidal care episodes in emergency medical responses in Germany. METHOD: Anonymized data from emergency care episodes in Ulm from 2004 to 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: 158 of 933 psychiatric emergencies (16 %) were suicide related, including 14 completed suicides, 25 care episodes with suicidal ideation, and 119 suicide attempts. Significantly more men than women completed suicide (χ²(2,N = 934) = 12.70, p = 0.02). 93 % of the total psychiatric emergencies received any medication at all, and only about 33 % were transported to a psychiatric hospital. CONCLUSION: Psychiatric treatment for suicidality in emergency medicine requires improvement to ensure that patients receive adequate therapy.
BACKGROUND: To analyze suicidal care episodes in emergency medical responses in Germany. METHOD: Anonymized data from emergency care episodes in Ulm from 2004 to 2013 were analyzed retrospectively. RESULTS: 158 of 933 psychiatric emergencies (16 %) were suicide related, including 14 completed suicides, 25 care episodes with suicidal ideation, and 119 suicide attempts. Significantly more men than women completed suicide (χ²(2,N = 934) = 12.70, p = 0.02). 93 % of the total psychiatric emergencies received any medication at all, and only about 33 % were transported to a psychiatric hospital. CONCLUSION:Psychiatric treatment for suicidality in emergency medicine requires improvement to ensure that patients receive adequate therapy.
Authors: Frank-Gerald Pajonk; Patrik Schmitt; Andreas Biedler; Jens Christian Richter; Wolfgang Meyer; Thomas Luiz; Christian Madler Journal: Gen Hosp Psychiatry Date: 2008 Jul-Aug Impact factor: 3.238