%0 Journal Article
%T Caracterizaci¨®n de factores asociados con comportamiento suicida en adolescentes estudiantes de octavo grado, en tres colegios bogotanos
%A P¨¦rez-Olmos
%A Isabel
%A T¨¦llez Cruz
%A Doris Lorena
%A V¨¦lez Traslavi£¿a
%A ¨¢ngela Liliana
%A Ib¨¢£¿ez-Pinilla
%A Milc¨ªades
%J Revista Colombiana de Psiquiatr¨ªa
%D 2012
%I Asociacion Colombiana de Psiquiatria
%X objective: to establish the probability for suicide risk and/or mental disorders, together with related factors among high school students in 3 schools in bogota. methods: cross sectional study of 309 adolescents. results: the average age was 13.83 ¡À 0.9, female dominance (58.6%) and a 3rd socioeconomic stratum (68.3%). the suicidal risk behavioral probability and/or mental symptoms was 47.6%, 26.5% exhibited some suicide manifestations, 14.23% had experienced suicidal ideas in the last 3 months, 3.55% had had suicide attempts at least once in life, and 8.73% had suicidal ideas in the last 3 months with suicide attempts. the risk of suicidal behavior and /or mental disorders was explained jointly by depression (or=27.9, 95% ci: 3.5-223. 1), low self-esteem (or=11.8, 95% ci: 2.5-56.5), severe family dysfunction (or=3.4, 95%ci 1.2-9.7), being female (or=2.1, 95% ci: 1.2-3.8) and being 15 or older (or=1.9, 95% ci: 0.967-3.9). psychological abuse followed by physical mistreatment was associated with suicidal behavior and /or mental illness while good family relationships were associated to lower probability. conclusion: depression, low self-esteem, severe family dysfunction, female gender, older age (> 15) and domestic violence are risk factors associated with suicide and/or mental disorders in adolescents; good family relationships are associated with lower risk.
%K suicide
%K adolescent
%K mental disorders
%K depression
%K self-esteem
%K family relationships.
%U http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-74502012000100004&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en