Suicide, Attempted
Conditions
Keywords
Acute alcoholism
Brief summary
There is a strong link between the alcohol consumption and the suicidal risk. Indeed there is an increase of the risk of suicide in case of chronic or acute alcohol consumption. However why the alcohol consumption increase the suicidal risk is unknown. The hypothesis of this study is that the alcohol consumption induced disinhibition and facilitates the suicide attempt without premeditation
Detailed description
People hospitalized after a suicide attempt will answer to two questionnaires about the suicide intentionality and the acute alcohol consumption. There is 2 arms: people doing suicide attempt and with positive level of alcohol (up to 0.1g.L) people doing suicide attempt and with negative level of alcohol 110 patients will be included in this study so 55 in each arm.
Interventions
OTHERquestionnaire
after the inclusion patient will answer to a questionnaire about the suicidal intentionality and a second about the alcool consumption
Sponsors
University Hospital, Toulouse
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* patient hospitalized in emergency department for a suicide attempt by voluntary drug intoxication * speaking and understanding french
Exclusion criteria
* Patient who has used other psychoactive substances (attested by toxicological analyzes and / or interrogation) * Known neurodegenerative pathology
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| compare the score of suicidal intentionality in patient presenting a positive or a negative alcohol level and doing suicide attempt | 15 minutes | patient will complete the PIERCE questionnaire about the suicidal intentionality |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed