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      Factores asociados al riesgo e intento suicida en estudiantes de medicina de una universidad privada de Lima Translated title: Factors associated to suicidal attempt among medical students of a private university in Lima

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          Objetivos: Determinar la prevalencia de vida de la conducta suicida y los factores asociados al riesgo e intento suicida en estudiantes del primer año de medicina de una universidad privada de Lima. Material y métodos: Estudio observacional, descriptivo, transversal. Muestra no probabilÃstica, censal, consideró los 134 (98,5% de la totalidad) estudiantes del primer año de medicina de la Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener (Lima, Perú) que aceptaron participar previa firma del consentimiento informado. Se utilizaron instrumentos validados en el ámbito latinoamericano. Las asociaciones se buscaron con el análisis bivariado (p<0,05). Resultados: La prevalencia de vida del pensamiento suicida, deseos de morir e intento suicida en la muestra estudiada fue 34,3%, 22,4% y 19,4% respectivamente, siendo el riesgo suicida de 32,1%. El análisis bivariado demostró la asociación estadÃsticamente significativa del riesgo suicida principalmente con la disfunción familiar grave (p<0,001), probable depresión (p<0,001) y probable ansiedad (p=0,001), por otro lado, el intento suicida se asoció significativamente con probables depresión (p<0,05) y ansiedad (p<0,05); pensamiento homicida (p<0,001), riesgo de violencia (p=0,005), disfunción familiar grave y sospecha de problemas con el alcohol (p<0.05). Conclusiones: La población de estudiantes del primer año de medicina de la Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener (Lima, Perú) constituye un grupo de riesgo respecto a la conducta suicida, la cual, además, se asocia a otros problemas de salud mental.

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          Objectives: To determine the prevalence of and risk factors for suicidal attempts among first year medical students of a private university in Lima. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out including 134 (98.5% of the total number of students) first year medical students of Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener (Lima, Perú) who consented to participate in the study. A bivariate analysis was carried-out (p<0.05). Results: the prevalence of life time suicidal attempt, wish to die and suicidal attempt was 34.3%, 22.4% and 19.4%. The suicidal risk was 32.1%. Bivariate analysis identified severe family dysfunctionality (p<0.001); probable depression (p<0.001), on the other hand the suicidal attempt was associated with probable depression (p<0.05), anxiety (p<0.05), homicidal thinking (p<0.001), violence risk (p=0.005), severe family dysfunctionality and alcohol drinking suspicion (p<0.05). Conclusions: First year medical students at Universidad Privada Norbert Wiener (Lima, Perú) are at risk of suicidal attempts, which is associated to other mental health problems.

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          Details on suicide among US physicians: data from the National Violent Death Reporting System.

          Physician suicide is an important public health problem as the rate of suicide is higher among physicians than the general population. Unfortunately, few studies have evaluated information about mental health comorbidities and psychosocial stressors which may contribute to physician suicide. We sought to evaluate these factors among physicians versus non-physician suicide victims. We used data from the United States National Violent Death Reporting System to evaluate demographics, mental health variables, recent stressors and suicide methods among physician versus non-physician suicide victims in 17 states. The data set included 31,636 suicide victims of whom 203 were identified as physicians. Multivariable logistic regression found that having a known mental health disorder or a job problem which contributed to the suicide significantly predicted being a physician. Physicians were significantly more likely than non-physicians to have antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and barbiturates present on toxicology testing but not antidepressants. Mental illness is an important comorbidity for physicians who complete a suicide but postmortem toxicology data shows low rates of medication treatment. Inadequate treatment and increased problems related to job stress may be potentially modifiable risk factors to reduce suicidal death among physicians. Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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            La escala de autoestima de Rosenberg: Validación para Chile en una muestra de jóvenes adultos, adultos y adultos mayores

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              Chronic Stress and Suicidal Thinking Among Medical Students

              Introduction: The subject of chronic stress and ways of dealing with it are very broad. The aim of this study was to analyze stress and anxiety and their influence on suicidal thinking among medical students. Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in the years 2014 to 2015 in Poland, at the Medical University—Nicolaus Copernicus University, Collegium Medicum. The objective of this study was to assess chronic stress and suicidal thinking among students and how students cope with this huge problem. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analyses were conducted to detect differences. Results: Analyses showed that students’ life is full of stressors. Students toward the end of their education cope better with stress than students starting their university studies. Chronic stress has a strong impact on mental health and suicidal thinking among students. Conclusions: The results of the study confirmed that chronic stress and anxiety have a negative influence on mental health and also confirm a relation to suicidal thinking in medical students. Students cope with stress by listening to music, talking to relatives or people close to them, resting or engaging in sports, with cycling, running and swimming being the most common methods used to affect suicidal thinking.
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                Journal
                rmh
                Revista Medica Herediana
                Rev Med Hered
                Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Facultad de Medicina "Alberto Hurtado" (Lima, , Peru )
                1018-130X
                1729-214X
                October 2019
                : 30
                : 4
                : 232-241
                Affiliations
                [01] Lima orgnameUniversidad Privada Norbert Wiener orgdiv1Escuela de Posgrado Perú
                [02] Lima orgnameUniversidad Privada Norbert Wiener orgdiv1Facultad de PsicologÃa Perú
                Article
                S1018-130X2019000400004 S1018-130X(19)03000400004
                10.20453/rmh.v30i4.3658
                e93d56fa-ea3b-441a-aa62-aa3b0c6253c1

                http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

                History
                : 11 February 2019
                : 16 September 2019
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                Figures: 0, Tables: 0, Equations: 0, References: 37, Pages: 10
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                estudiantes de medicina,Self-injurious behavior,Conducta autodestructiva,students medical,suicide,suicidio

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