Impulsivity and methods of suicidal attempts.

Dr Chandra Sekhar Tripathy; Dr Bhabani Shankar Shit; Dr Amrit Pattojoshi; Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Volume : VII, Issue : IX, September - 2018

Impulsivity and methods of suicidal attempts.

Dr Chandra Sekhar Tripathy, Dr Bhabani Shankar Shit, Dr Amrit Pattojoshi, Dr. Ajay Kumar Bakhla

Abstract :

Objective: To assess impulsiveness across hostile and non hostile methods with suicidal attempts.

Methods: A total sample size of 70 persons who attempted suicide at a general hospital setup were included and investigated for the study. All subjects were assessed with their socio–demographic profile and all persons were subjected to standard psychiatry interview, mental status examinations. Further psychiatric diagnosis was established and BIS and HADS for depression rating were done.

Results: A total of 70 persons with mean age of 29.55 ± 8.35 years consisted of 28 males and 42 female suicide attempters were investigated. Medication overdose or pesticide, constitute as non hostile attempter consisting 51.4 % of the sample, whereas the second group consisted of attempted by wrist slashing (30%), hanging (8.6%), Neck slashing (5.7%) and drowning (4.3%).

We compared mean BIS and HADS depression score across these two groups with independent t test. The mean score of BIS across these two groups were 57.26 ± 5.38 and 54.44 ± 5.21 respectively for hostile attempters and soft attempters ( t=2.225; df = 68, p = .029).

Conclusions: The present study revealed that selecting hostile or aggressive means of suicidal attempts is influenced by impulsivity.