Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in persons with gender dysphoria

  1. Elena García-Vega 1
  2. Aida Camero
  3. María Fernández 1
  4. Ana Villaverde
  1. 1 Universidad de Oviedo
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    Universidad de Oviedo

    Oviedo, España

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Revista:
Psicothema

ISSN: 0214-9915

Año de publicación: 2018

Volumen: 30

Número: 3

Páginas: 283-288

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Antecedentes: las escasas investigaciones sobre la conducta suicida de personas con disforia de género han señalado que estas tienen un riesgo de mortalidad y comportamiento suicida muy superior a la población general. El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar la prevalencia de la ideación suicida y de los intentos de suicidio autoinformado de las personas que han realizado consulta entre 2007-2017, en una Unidad de Tratamiento de Identidad de Género por presentar quejas relacionadas con disforia de género. Método: estudio ex post facto con una muestra de 151 personas que realizaron demanda en esta unidad, 97 del grupo de hombre a mujer (64,2%) y 54 de mujer a hombre (35,8%). Se les realizó una evaluación clínica contemplando variables sobre ideación e intentos de suicidio, así como un posible diagnóstico psiquiátrico. Resultados: el porcentaje de estas personas con ideación autolítica asciende al 48,3% y un 23,8% ha intentado suicidarse. Conclusiones: hay más tasas de ideación y tentativa de suicidio en las personas con disforia de género que en población general. No se observan diferencias signifi cativas en razón de la variable sexo/ género. La morbilidad psiquiátrica no resultó ser una variable infl uyente en la conducta suicida

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