RESUMO
A day hospital setting may provide a good management for suicidal patients. Of 70 subjects admitted for a suicide attempt to the "A. Gemelli" Hospital in Rome, eight (11.4%) dropped out, 62 (88.5%) completed the study, and 15 (24.19%) showed suicidal ideation within 1 year. No patients completed suicide.
Assuntos
Hospital Dia , Prevenção do Suicídio , Tentativa de Suicídio/psicologia , Adulto , Transtornos de Ansiedade/diagnóstico , Transtornos de Ansiedade/epidemiologia , Transtornos de Ansiedade/psicologia , Terapia Combinada , Intervenção em Crise , Estudos Transversais , Transtorno Depressivo/diagnóstico , Transtorno Depressivo/epidemiologia , Transtorno Depressivo/psicologia , Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência/estatística & dados numéricos , Feminino , Seguimentos , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Psicoterapia , Cidade de Roma , Estatística como Assunto , Tentativa de Suicídio/prevenção & controle , Tentativa de Suicídio/estatística & dados numéricosRESUMO
An increasing proportion of psychiatric patients are treated in day hospital settings, which are an effective alternative to hospital admission. The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an intensive day program for patients with mood disorders. A series of 185 patients (102 women and 83 men with an average age of 55 years) who were consecutively referred to the psychiatric day hospital at A. Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italy, and who met DSM-IV diagnostic criteria for mood disorders were evaluated at admission, at discharge, and after six months. The study participants reported a significant reduction in symptoms as well as improvements in social adaptation and overall functioning.