Characteristics of a French African Caribbean Epidemiological Psychiatric Sample with a History of Suicide Attempt |
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| Authors: | Fréaadéric Slama MD Bénédicte Dehurtevent MD Jean‐Daniel Even MD Aimé Charles‐Nicolas MD Nicolas Ballon MD PhD Rémy Slama MD |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Centre Hospitalier de Colson, Fort de France, Martinique (French West Indies) and the Unité de Psychiatrie Génétique (Pr. Marion Leboyer), INSERM U841, Faculté de Médecine de Créteil, Créteil, France;2. Centre Hospitalier de Colson;3. Service de Psychiatrie et de Psychologie Médicale, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Fort de France in Martinique. |
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| Abstract: | Research on vulnerability factors among ethnic groups, independent of primary psychiatric diagnosis, may help to identify groups at risk of suicidal behavior. French African Caribbean general psychiatric patients (N = 362) were recruited consecutively and independently of the primary psychiatric diagnosis. Demographic and clinical characteristics and lifetime history of suicide attempts were recorded. Sixty‐five patients (18%) had a history of at least one suicide attempt. Presence of professional qualifications, children, poor social contacts, treatment with benzodiazepine at inclusion, and poor treatment compliance were all associated with a lifetime history of suicide attempts. |
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