Do patients volunteer their life weariness and suicidal ideations? A Sri Lankan study

Crisis
Athula SumathipalaSudath Samaraweera

Abstract

Sri Lanka has a high suicide rate. The importance of suicidal ideations and their relationship to the common mental disorders (CMD) have not been adequately explored. This study examined whether patients harboring suicidal thoughts or life weariness would volunteer them. It also examined the relationship between life weariness, suicidal ideations, and the probability of underlying CMD. A case control study was nested within a cross-sectional survey of attendees to the outpatients department in a general hospital. The index group consisted of patients presenting with multiple complaints and repeated visits, the control group was 100 patients randomly selected from a total of 5,767 between 16 and 65 years of age, not fulfilling criteria for the index group. Presence of underlying CMD was assessed by the General Health Questionnaire 30 (GHQ-30). The two groups were compared for symptoms volunteered, response to questions from GHQ-30 on suicidal ideations, and hopelessness. Somatic symptoms were the most common in both groups. Eighty-one patients (81%) in the index group and 34 patients (34%) in the control group had probable CMD. No patient in either group volunteered suicidal ideation as a symptom. However, 59% of index patients ...Continue Reading

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