Trends in suicidal behavior at a general hospital emergency department in southern Brazil

Abstract Objective To assess the prevalence of and factors associated with suicidal behavior in patients seen at the emergency department (ED) of a general hospital in southern Brazil. Method Descriptive, observational, cross-sectional study. The records of all patients who had an emergency psychiatric consultation at the ED conducted by the emergency psychiatric consultation service at Hospital São Lucas da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul in 2016 and 2017 were analyzed and stratified by sex and by age groups (15-29 years, 30-49 years, 50-69 years, and 70 years and...