Caracterización de factores asociados con comportamiento suicida en adolescentes estudiantes de octavo grado, en tres colegios bogotanos

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 ± 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.