suicide among women, its clinical specificities and risk factors

Introduction In the general population, authors have noted that most suicides are commited by men, this gender difference also includes methods suicidal people use to commit suicide; women tend less immediately lethal means such as drug ingestion in contrast men adopt, which often include poisoning, hanging or of firearms. This is partly due fact verbalize their suffering context hegemony masculinity delays request for help. Objectives Our objective describe profile female patients admitted AR-RAZI hospital Salé suicide attempts and/or with a previous and treatment identify risk factors, will allow us develop preventive therapeutic strategies, taking into account age, reasons hospitalization clinical presentation on admission; physiological characteristics, somatic psychiatric co-morbidities socio-cultural factors. Methods We performed cross-sectional study 59 Ar-Razi Psychiatric Hospital attempt having already committed at least one attempt, questionnaire specifying marital status, occupation, socioeconomic level residence. The question were recruited within 2-year time frame, coming part from regions kingdom our center covers. Results - 13 between 21-25 years old, 10 15-20 9 over 51 7 31-35, 6 26-30, 4 41-45 only patient who age range 46-50. 31 single, 16 married, 11 divorced process being widow. 36 children 1 old 23 never given birth. 39 had job not 2 years, students, 5 working public sector, 3 private sector living personal family businesses. 30 live modest level, 25 medium high level. 21 Rabat, 14 Salé, Témara, rest spread urban, rural urban periphery territory Conclusions notion quite wide be reduced attempts, multitude semiological equivalents act. apart etiology, sex person strongly influences all parameters act, including used protection, hence interest adapting preventive, diagnostic approach, both medical social, optimal care. Disclosure Interest None Declared