Clinical and epidemiological profile of adolescent suicide attempters in Morocco: a 10-year retrospective study from the adolescent psychiatric inpatient unit in Casablanca
Retrospective study profiles adolescent suicide attempts, highlighting links to abuse and major depressive disorder.
Key Points
The study reports a significant rate of major depressive disorder among adolescent suicide attempters, affecting 91.7% of patients.
A notable 94.5% of adolescents had a history of abuse, which significantly correlates with multiple suicide attempts and violent methods.
Retrospective analysis revealed that the predominant method of suicide attempts was intentional drug overdose, with violent methods used in 62% of cases.
The peak in hospitalizations during the COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the need for improved mental health interventions for at-risk adolescents.