The Impending Suicidal Intent in depressed patients coming to Psychiatry Departments at LUMHS Hyderabad & DHQ Hospital, PMC Faisalabad.

Sadaf Aijaz¹ ,Irum Siddique², Imtiaz Ahmad Dogar^3, Moin Ahmad Ansari⁴

^1,4 Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, DHQ Hospital/PMC, Faisalabad,

^2,3 Sir Cowasjee institute of Psychiatry, LUMS, Hyderabad.

ABSTRACT

Objectives: To find the frequency of suicidal intent among depressed patients coming to out patient Departments of Psychiatry, LUMS & Sir CJIP, Hyderabad and DHQ Hospital/ PMC Faisalabad.

Design: Cross Sectional Study

Place & Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Sir Cowasjee institute of Psychiatry, Liaquat University of Medical & Health Sciences, Hyderabad and Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad in six months from 1^st March 2014 to 31^st August 2014.

Subjects and Methods: A total of 150 patients with depressive disorder   diagnosed as per International Classification of diseases 10^th Revision (ICD-10) (75 each from each department) were recruited for the study.

Results:

In 150 participants, 87 (58%) had moderate level of depression while 56 (37%) were having mild depression. Medium suicidal intent was found to be highest in 41.3% of the sample while high suicidal intent was found in 26.7 % participants.

Past Psychiatry history of suicide was positive in 48%, family history of suicide was positive in 73%. Availability of social support was 54%.Low self esteem was prevalent (78.7 %) and 93.3 % of participants showed moderate to severe hopelessness.

Conclusion: Most of the participants had moderate depression and medium suicidal intent. Married females working as housewives are more susceptible.

Key words: Suicidal Intent, Self esteem, Hopelessness, Depression.