Intentional suspected suicide exposures by poisoning among adolescents from 2009 to 2018 reported to the Georgia Poison Center and compared nationally.
Adolescent
Analgesics
/ poisoning
Antidepressive Agents
/ poisoning
Databases, Factual
Female
Georgia
/ epidemiology
Humans
Incidence
Male
Poison Control Centers
/ statistics & numerical data
Poisoning
/ epidemiology
Retrospective Studies
Sex Factors
Suicide
/ statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
Suicide Prevention
Georgia
adolescent
poison center
poisoning
suicide
Journal
Basic & clinical pharmacology & toxicology
ISSN: 1742-7843
Titre abrégé: Basic Clin Pharmacol Toxicol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101208422
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
May 2021
May 2021
Historique:
revised:
25
01
2021
received:
18
09
2020
accepted:
25
01
2021
pubmed:
2
2
2021
medline:
9
11
2021
entrez:
1
2
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
This retrospective chart review aimed to report the incidence and characteristics of intentional suspected suicide among 13- to 19-year-olds reported to the Georgia Poison Center (GPC) and compared nationally from 2009 to 2018. Of the 19 733 cases reported to the GPC, 74.9% were females. The total number of cases more than doubled from 2009 to 2018, increasing annually by 10%. Majority (90.1%) of the cases occurred in the home, and 60.4% of the cases resulted in either no effect or minor effect. More than half (66.5%) of the cases involved only one substance. Pharmaceuticals made up 94.5% of the substances used, with analgesics accounting for 42.10% and antidepressants at 20.77%. A significant difference was found in substances used between males and females (P < .001). Females were more likely to use analgesics (45.17% vs 32.90%), and males were more likely to use sedatives/hypnotics/antipsychotics (20.45% vs 13.58%). While the majority of the GPC patients were females, the GPC was more likely to have fewer female patients (74.7% vs 75.7%) and more male patients (25.3% vs 24.3%) than other poison centers. Intentional suspected suicide exposures by poisoning are on the rise and higher among females, demonstrating a need for strengthened intervention and prevention strategies.
Substances chimiques
Analgesics
0
Antidepressive Agents
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
699-708Informations de copyright
© 2021 Nordic Association for the Publication of BCPT (former Nordic Pharmacological Society).
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