Resource Tag: SPAIN

Introduction There is a need for longitudinal studies that focus on protective factors against suicide in Spain. We analyzed the estimated prevalence of suicidal ideation in a sample of Spanish university students. Second, we explored the relationship between future suicidal ideation, depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation at T1, and meaning in life and its dimensions of […]

The COVID-19 pandemic has compromised public health response across the globe. Several countries reported increasing number of suicides during the pandemic. This study aimed to analyze the suicide mortality series in Spain (2000-2021), with a particular interest in depicting longitudinal trends during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, it intended to identify sociodemographic groups with a higher […]

Aims: To assess whether there is a change in the prevalence of depression and suicidal ideation after the strict lockdown measures due to the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain; and to assess which are the factors associated with the incidence of a depressive episode or suicidal ideation during the lockdown. Methods: Data […]

Background Variations in suicide following the initial COVID-19 pandemic outbreak were heterogeneous across space, over time, and across population subgroup. Whether suicide has increased during the pandemic in Spain, a major initial COVID-19 hotspot, remains unclear, and no study has examined differences by sociodemographic group. Methods We used 2016–2020 data on monthly suicide deaths from […]

Background: It is of vital importance to study the risk factors associated with suicidal behaviour. The purpose of this study is to analyse the presence of suicide ideation and related factors in an applied clinical environment. Method: A correlative-predictive study is conducted with a sample of 180 adult patients, 64% women, with an average age […]

The number of deaths by suicide worldwide each year is more than 800,000 people, which is equivalent to one death every 40 seconds. Suicide prevention has been listed by the World  Health Organisation as a global imperative and has become a priority for global public health. This descriptive study describes and compares the intervention components […]

The purpose of this paper is to discover the extent to which women living homeless in Madrid (Spain) have been victims of intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV), analysing the connection between stressful life events (SLE) relating to violent victimisation and having suffered sexual assault by a partner. This study took place using a sample of […]

The number of suicides has increased in the last decades in several developed countries. For instance, Spain has experienced a gradual but steady increase in suicides since the 80’s and it is currently the leading external cause of death in the country. At the same time, the dualisation of the labor market, with a strong […]

Introduction Suicide attempts represent an important public health burden. Centralised electronic health record (EHR) systems have high potential to provide suicide attempt surveillance, to inform public health action aimed at reducing risk for suicide attempt in the population, and to provide data-driven clinical decision support for suicide risk assessment across healthcare settings. To exploit this potential, […]

Objective We report on the prevalence of suicidal thoughts and behaviors in Spanish university students and their risk and protective factors (distal/proximal; individual/environmental). Methods First‐year university students completed an online survey including Self‐Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors Interview (SITBI) items, the screening version of the Columbia‐Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C‐SSRS) along with adversities and positive relationships […]

Objectives Patients with advanced disease sometimes express a wish to hasten death (WTHD). In 2012, we published a systematic review and meta-ethnography of qualitative studies examining the experience and meaning of this phenomenon. Since then, new studies eligible for inclusion have been reported, including in Europe, a region not previously featured, and specifically in countries with […]

A growing body of research claims that sexual minority individuals have nearly twice the suicidal ideation rate of heterosexual individuals. Method: The main objective of the current study was to test a model wherein internalized sexual stigma (ISS) mediates the association between some gay-related stressors and suicidal ideation. The present cross-sectional survey involved two samples […]

The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with hospital admission after suicide spectrum behaviors. PatientsÕ characteristics, the nature of the suicidal behavior, admission rates between centers, and factors associated with admission have been examined in suicide spectrum presentations to emergency departments in 3 Spanish cities. The intent of the suicidal behavior had […]

Objective: There have been few prospective long-term naturalistic studies of patients with mixed episodes of bipolar disorder. The aim of this study was to examine 10-year outcomes in patients with at least 1 mixed episode. Method: A naturalistic sample of bipolar I disorder patients (n=120), representative of bipolar patients treated in a catchment area of […]

Specific binding of 3Himipramine & 3Hparoxetine was simultaneously examined in human brains from 11 controls & 11 depressed suicide victims. A single saturable high affinity site was obtained for both radioligands. Age was not related to significant changes in either binding parameter, indicating stability in the brain serotonergic system with increasing age. A significant decrease […]

This study examined levels of hopelessness in a Spanish university population, analyzed the relationship of hopelessness with the process of adapting to university, & analyzed the relationships between hopelessness, depression, psychopathology, & suicide ideation. 1277 first- & second-year students participated. 13.9% of students presented moderate or severe levels of hopelessness. Students with greater levels of […]

This study describes suicide mortality in a limited & homogeneous population in Spain. Suicide cases, 1936-2000, were extracted from data in regional archives & from autopsy reports in the Olot court registry office. Suicide occurred more frequently in males & in the over 65-year-old population. The suicide rate fluctuated over the study period. Among males, […]

This study examined the characteristics of individuals who did not attend outpatient centres to which they were referred after a suicide attempt. 232 Spanish patients who attended a hospital emergency department were interviewed. 73 percent of the sample did not go to the mental health centre to which they had been referred. In comparison to […]

This study aimed to determine the clinical features that can identify people with high parasuicide purpose among a parasuicidal population. 48 persons who had a parasuicide episode 2-6 years prior were interviewed & followed-up for 2 years. At follow-up, 8 people had repeated at least one parasuicidal act. A higher significant difference was found between […]

The association between suicide attempt & atypical depression, in addition to other major risk factors, was evaluated in 390 bipolar I & II Spanish outpatients. History of suicide attempts was obtained through interviews with patients & relatives. Attempters & non-attempters were compared using univariate & multivariate analysis. Attempters showed significantly higher rates of atypical depression, […]

In a general hospital, 125 fertile female suicide attempters (& 83 blood donors as controls) with regular menstrual cycles were prospectively studied. A retrospective diagnosis of premenstrual dysphoric disorder was made. Attempts during the luteal phase were not more frequent in females with premenstrual dysphoric disorder than in those without. As expected, there was a […]

This study conducted an exploratory factor analysis of the Suicide Intent Scale. Two large samples of suicide attempters, 435 & 252 individuals, from a general hospital were studied. The validity of the scale’s subscales obtained from the factor analysis was investigated by examining the association between the subscales & clinical variables. There were 2 factors: […]

In a first set of analyses, an association between menses & suicide attempts was replicated. According to the polymorphism of the serotonin transporter promoter area, subjects could be classified as S individuals (s/s or s/l) or L individuals (l/l). This third set of analyses tested for an interaction between the same polymorphism & low hormonal […]