COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide

The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the mental health of adolescents, leading to suicidal behaviors. However, it remains to be clarified whether the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the psychiatric profile of adolescent suicide attempters. Methods: a retrospective observational analytical...

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Autores: Gracia Liso, Rebeca|||0000-0002-0713-447X, Portella Moll, Maria J., 1975-|||0000-0002-2007-9516, Puntí Vidal, Joaquim|||0000-0001-6572-3398, Pujals-Altés, Elena, Torralbas Ortega, Jordi|||0000-0002-9423-9332, Llorens, Marta|||0000-0001-8532-0115, Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419, Fradera, Marc|||0000-0001-9290-6616, Montalvo-Aguirrezabala, Itziar, Palao, Diego|||0000-0002-3323-6568
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/ijerph20042952
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Palabra clave:Adolescent suicide
COVID-19
Mental health
Suicide attempt
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spelling COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting SuicideA Cross-Sectional ComparisonGracia Liso, Rebeca|||0000-0002-0713-447XPortella Moll, Maria J., 1975-|||0000-0002-2007-9516Puntí Vidal, Joaquim|||0000-0001-6572-3398Pujals-Altés, ElenaTorralbas Ortega, Jordi|||0000-0002-9423-9332Llorens, Marta|||0000-0001-8532-0115Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419Fradera, Marc|||0000-0001-9290-6616Montalvo-Aguirrezabala, ItziarPalao, Diego|||0000-0002-3323-6568Adolescent suicideCOVID-19Mental healthSuicide attemptThe COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the mental health of adolescents, leading to suicidal behaviors. However, it remains to be clarified whether the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the psychiatric profile of adolescent suicide attempters. Methods: a retrospective observational analytical study was conducted to assess age, gender and clinical characteristics of adolescents attempting suicide during the year before and the year after the global lockdown. Results: ninety adolescents (12-17 y.o.) were recruited consecutively from February 2019 to March 2021 at the emergency ward for having attempted suicide. Fifty-two (57.8%) attended before the lockdown (pre-pandemic group) and thirty-eight (42.2%) the year after (pandemic group). There were significant differences in diagnostic categories between the periods (p = 0.003). Adjustment and conduct disorders were more frequent in the pre-pandemic group, while anxiety and depressive disorders were more prevalent during the pandemic. Although the severity of suicide attempts did not show significant differences between the two study periods (0.7), the generalized linear model showed that the suicide attempt severity was significantly associated with current diagnosis (p = 0.01). Conclusions: the psychiatric profile of adolescents attempting suicide was different before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the proportion of adolescents with a prior psychiatric history was lower, and most of them were diagnosed with depressive and anxiety disorders. These diagnoses were also associated with a greater severity in the intentionality of suicide attempt, regardless of the study period. 22023-01-0120232023-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/272892https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.3390/ijerph20042952reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengInstituto de Salud Carlos III https://doi.org/10.13039/501100004587 PI21/01148Generalitat de Catalunya https://doi.org/10.13039/501100002809 202SGR01431open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:2728922026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
A Cross-Sectional Comparison
title COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
spellingShingle COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
Gracia Liso, Rebeca|||0000-0002-0713-447X
Adolescent suicide
COVID-19
Mental health
Suicide attempt
title_short COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
title_full COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
title_fullStr COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
title_full_unstemmed COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
title_sort COVID-19 Pandemic Has Changed the Psychiatric Profile of Adolescents Attempting Suicide
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gracia Liso, Rebeca|||0000-0002-0713-447X
Portella Moll, Maria J., 1975-|||0000-0002-2007-9516
Puntí Vidal, Joaquim|||0000-0001-6572-3398
Pujals-Altés, Elena
Torralbas Ortega, Jordi|||0000-0002-9423-9332
Llorens, Marta|||0000-0001-8532-0115
Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419
Fradera, Marc|||0000-0001-9290-6616
Montalvo-Aguirrezabala, Itziar
Palao, Diego|||0000-0002-3323-6568
author Gracia Liso, Rebeca|||0000-0002-0713-447X
author_facet Gracia Liso, Rebeca|||0000-0002-0713-447X
Portella Moll, Maria J., 1975-|||0000-0002-2007-9516
Puntí Vidal, Joaquim|||0000-0001-6572-3398
Pujals-Altés, Elena
Torralbas Ortega, Jordi|||0000-0002-9423-9332
Llorens, Marta|||0000-0001-8532-0115
Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419
Fradera, Marc|||0000-0001-9290-6616
Montalvo-Aguirrezabala, Itziar
Palao, Diego|||0000-0002-3323-6568
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author2 Portella Moll, Maria J., 1975-|||0000-0002-2007-9516
Puntí Vidal, Joaquim|||0000-0001-6572-3398
Pujals-Altés, Elena
Torralbas Ortega, Jordi|||0000-0002-9423-9332
Llorens, Marta|||0000-0001-8532-0115
Pamias, Montserrat|||0000-0003-1114-5419
Fradera, Marc|||0000-0001-9290-6616
Montalvo-Aguirrezabala, Itziar
Palao, Diego|||0000-0002-3323-6568
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Adolescent suicide
COVID-19
Mental health
Suicide attempt
topic Adolescent suicide
COVID-19
Mental health
Suicide attempt
description The COVID-19 pandemic is having a major impact on the mental health of adolescents, leading to suicidal behaviors. However, it remains to be clarified whether the COVID-19 pandemic has changed the psychiatric profile of adolescent suicide attempters. Methods: a retrospective observational analytical study was conducted to assess age, gender and clinical characteristics of adolescents attempting suicide during the year before and the year after the global lockdown. Results: ninety adolescents (12-17 y.o.) were recruited consecutively from February 2019 to March 2021 at the emergency ward for having attempted suicide. Fifty-two (57.8%) attended before the lockdown (pre-pandemic group) and thirty-eight (42.2%) the year after (pandemic group). There were significant differences in diagnostic categories between the periods (p = 0.003). Adjustment and conduct disorders were more frequent in the pre-pandemic group, while anxiety and depressive disorders were more prevalent during the pandemic. Although the severity of suicide attempts did not show significant differences between the two study periods (0.7), the generalized linear model showed that the suicide attempt severity was significantly associated with current diagnosis (p = 0.01). Conclusions: the psychiatric profile of adolescents attempting suicide was different before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the pandemic, the proportion of adolescents with a prior psychiatric history was lower, and most of them were diagnosed with depressive and anxiety disorders. These diagnoses were also associated with a greater severity in the intentionality of suicide attempt, regardless of the study period.
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