Internet and Psychiatry
  • Home
    • Editorials
    • Research news
    • Research papers
    • Interviews with eminent psychiatrists
    • Ten years ago
    • Fifteen years ago
  • Topics
    • Alcohol and Drug Abuse
    • Anxiety Disorders
    • Biomedical Science
    • Compulsive gambling
    • Disaster Medicine
    • Education
    • General Medicine
      • Acupuncture
      • Physical medicine and Rehabilitation
    • Human Rights
    • Interviews with eminent psychiatrists
    • Mood Disorders
      • Bipolar Disorder
      • Depression
      • Seasonal Affective Disorder
    • Neurological Disorders
    • Other Psychiatric Disorders
    • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
    • Sexual Behavior
  • Books
    • Comorbidity of Depression and Alcohol Use Disorders
    • “Immigration and Mental Health” chapter abstracts
    • “Internet and Suicide” chapter abstracts
    • “Neurobiology of PTSD” chapter abstracts
    • “Suicidal Behavior in Alcohol…” chapter abstracts
    • “Suicide in the Military” chapter abstracts
    • “Terror and Suicide” chapter abstracts
    • “War and Suicide” chapter abstracts
  • Editors
    • Leo Sher, M.D.
    • Alexander Vilens, M.S.
  • Guests
    • Distinguished Guests
    • Our Contributors
  • Reflections
    • Poetry
    • Quotes

Research news

Suicide attempts among medical students

February 19, 2020

Leo Sher, M.D.

A research report, “Who attempts suicide among medical students?” has been published in Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica online ahead of print (1). The goal of the study was to identify factors associated with suicide attempts in medical students.

The authors performed an exploratory analysis using an online survey of undergraduate medical students in Brazil. In all, 4,840 individuals were included in the study. Prevalence of suicide attempts in the sample was 8.94%. The mean age of suicide attempters and non-attempters was 21.6±3.42 and 21.8±3.23 years, respectively (p = 0.22). Most study participants were females: 80.09% of suicide attempters and 75.97% of non-attempters (p=0.06).

Female gender, homosexuality or bisexuality, low income, poor sleep, low quality of friendships, negative family relationships, current enrollment in the first four years of medical school (preclinical), repeating a class or entire year, bullying, thoughts about withdrawing from medical school, having sought psychiatric or psychological help during university enrollment, childhood or adult psychological trauma, a family history of suicide, daily tobacco use, and being at severe risk for alcohol abuse were risk factors associated with past suicide attempt.

The authors noted that the response rate for the first-year students was high which may reduce the generalizability of results for the later years. The authors suggest that future studies should investigate interactions between variables assessed in their study with regard to their relation to suicide attempts among medical students.

Reference

  1. Marcon G, Massaro Carneiro Monteiro G, Ballester P, Cassidy RM, Zimerman A, Brunoni AR, von Diemen L, Hauck S, Passos IC. Who attempts suicide among medical students? Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2019 Dec 3. doi: 10.1111/acps.13137. [Epub ahead of print]

Related Posts

Research news /

Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm among Veterans

Research news /

Suicidality in individuals with schizotypal personality disorder

Research news /

Six minutes of daily high-intensity exercise can slow brain aging and delay the onset of neurodegenerative diseases

‹ Heart diseases and suicide › Chest computed tomography findings in Coronavirus Disease -19

Editorials

  • Warren v. Dinter and the end of curbside medicine
  • Suicide medical malpractice
  • Dr. Slavko Ziherl, an eminent Slovenian psychiatrist
  • Prevention of suicidal behavior in individuals with diabetes

Research Papers

  • COVID-19 mortality in Europe and the ’Iron Curtain’ between East and West
  • Examination of depressive signs and symptoms among 803 University students in seven Universities and Colleges. Hungary, Romania, Serbia.
  • Examination of spirituality and the dimensions of spirituality among 803 students in seven different Universities. Hungary, Romania and Serbia.
  • Examination of depressive signs and symptoms among 932 students in eight different secondary schools in Hungary

Research News

  • Vitamin D serum levels, supplementation, and suicide attempts and intentional self-harm among Veterans
  • Suicidality in individuals with schizotypal personality disorder
  • Six minutes of daily high-intensity exercise can slow brain aging and delay the onset of neurodegenerative diseases
  • Mortality in patients with schizophrenia: a review and meta-analysis

Latest News

  • Suicide rates in the United States in 2001-2021
  • Leading world experts on suicide. Expertscape, the January 9, 2023, report
  • Best universities in the world
  • Geriatric Psychiatry Fellowship

Interviews with eminent psychiatrists

  • Interview with Professor Shih-Ku Lin
  • Interview with Professor Masahito Fushimi
  • Interview with Professor Maurizio Pompili
  • Interview with Professor Marco Sarchiapone

Ten Years Ago

  • Plasma testosterone levels in bipolar suicide attempters
  • Teaching medical professionals and trainees about suicide prevention
  • Suicidal ideation in depressed patients with or without comorbid posttraumatic stress disorder treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors
  • Treatment of suicide attempters with bipolar disorder: a randomized clinical trial

Back to Top

  • About
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms and Conditions
Copyright © 2023 AVCalc LLC. All rights reserved worldwide.