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24th European Congress of Psychiatry / European Psychiatry 33S (2016) S116–S348

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Objective

To explore the prevalence and risk factors of SI inBritish

Pakistani women.

Aim

To identify risk factors associated with SI, in order to inform

future preventive strategies.

Method

This is a secondary analysis of a larger study which

looked at depression during pregnancy and infant outcomes. Par-

ticipants who consented (women aged 18 or over, in their third

pregnancy trimester) were initially assessed for maternal depres-

sion using the Edinburgh Post-Natal Depression Scale (EPDS), with

one of the questions on the EPDS being on SI. Participants who

met the study criteria, were further assessed regarding socio-

demographic factors, perceived social support, social adversity and

isolation.

Results

The rate of SI in this group of women was 8.1%, with

baseline interview results suggesting that women with SI being

significantly more likely to be aged 20 or less, have experience of

severe life events and being less likely to have social support.

Conclusion

This area of research is key to understanding SI in

British Pakistani women, to better develop culturally sensitive

interventions for use within this group.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.720

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Possible delayed effect of

unemployment on suicide

C. Iglesias García

1 , 2 ,

, P.A. Saiz

2 , 3

, M. Bouso˜no

4

, P. Buron

2

,

F. Sanchez Lasheras

5

, P. Corcoran

6

, P. Garcia Portilla

2 , 3

,

J. Bobes

2 , 3

1

Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias, Mental health,

Langreo, Spain

2

University of Oviedo, CIBERSAM. INEUROPA, Psychiatry, Oviedo,

Spain

3

Servicio de Salud del Principado de Asturias, Mental health, Oviedo,

Spain

4

University of Oviedo, Psychiatry, Oviedo, Spain

5

University of Oviedo, 5Department of Construction and

Manufacturing Engineering, Oviedo, Spain

6

National Suicide Foundation, NSF, Cork, Ireland

Corresponding author.

Introduction

In the last few years, Spain has suffered from a

severe economic downturn which resulted in high unemployment

rates. Association between unemployment and suicide is contro-

versial.

Objectives

To know the association between unemployment and

suicide and to investigate if there could be a lag between increased

of unemployment and increased of suicide.

Methods

The authors collected the official data about completed

suicides and unemployment from the database of the National

Statistics Institute (INE) and the National Employment Institute of

Spain. We assessed annual variations in unemployment figures and

correlated these figures with the annual change in the number of

suicides. Pearson correlation coefficient between unemployment

and suicide was calculated both, for the same year and after 1–6

years.

Results

The correlation of annual changes of unemployed and

suicides varies depending on the latency period that applies to

annual changes in suicide for comparison with index unemploy-

ment change, with a peak correlation in the fourth and fifth year

and a clear decline in the correlation in the sixth year

( Table 1 ).

Conclusion

The results suggest that unemployment might be

associated with suicide but mainly after 4–5 years.

Table 1

Pearson correlation coefficients between index unemploy-

ment change and suicidality change after 1–6 years (latency) for the

total men and women.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.721

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Characteristics of individuals who use

alcohol at the time of attempting

suicide

D.U. Jung

, S.J. Kim , J.S. Lim , B.G. Kong , J.W. Kang , J.J. Moon ,

D.W. Jeon , Y.S. Kim , E.C. Kang

Inje University Busan Paik Hospital, Psychiatry, Busan, Republic of

Korea

Corresponding author.

Objective

The aimof this studywas to analyze the clinical charac-

teristics of individuals who used alcohol at the time of attempting

suicide.

Methods

We divided 143 individuals who attempted suicide by

consuming drugs into two groups on the basis of their blood alcohol

concentration level: drinker group (

n

= 79) and non-drinker group

(

n

= 64). We compared epidemiological characteristics and suicidal

behavior between the groups by using the Suicidal Intent Scale (SIS)

and the Risk Rescue Rating Scale (RRRS). In addition, we adminis-

tered the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the Acute Physiology and

Chronic Health Evaluation–II (APACHE–II) to evaluate the medi-

cal lethality of the individuals who attempted suicide. We used

Student’s

t

-test, Pearson’s correlation analysis, and multiple linear

regression to analyze the data.

Results

The drinker group scored lower on the SIS’s planning

subscale than the non-drinker group did (

P

= 0.022). The drinker

group’s blood alcohol concentration levels were negatively corre-

lated with the rescue potential of their suicidal attempt (

P

= 0.031)

and the APACHE-II score (

P

= 0.003). Higher blood alcohol concen-

tration levels predicted poorer medical outcomes measured by the

APACHE-II (

P

= 0.004).

Conclusion

Our findings support the notion that alcohol use

increases suicidal impulsivity, decreases rescue potential, and

worsens medical outcomes. Therefore, suicide prevention pro-

grams need to include education and counselling about the risks

associated with alcohol use.

Disclosure of interest

The authors have not supplied their decla-

ration of competing interest.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2016.01.722