• DocumentCode
    2516616
  • Title

    Predictor Profile to Assess Recurrence Phenomenon of Suicidal Incidents Among Region Based Target Population

  • Author

    Vatsalya, V. ; Karch, R. ; Srivastava, S. ; Chandras, K. ; Reddy, Roop Sunil

  • Author_Institution
    Health Promotion Manage., American Univ., Washington, DC, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    11-13 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    4
  • Abstract
    Suicidal attempts have a very significant effect on the society, and they also reflect on the efforts of the supporting health care and counseling facilities and the therapist involved. The impact of suicide is further magnified by the needs of persons who attempt suicide multiple times, requiring emergency health care and rehabilitation. Preventing such activities becomes a major task for the support providing agencies as soon as clients with such tendencies are identified. There are repetitive traits that can be observed during the therapeutic program among the high-risk group individuals, who are susceptible to this kind of activity and such traits indicate for a specific profile. The aim of the instrument is to prevent the occurrence of the repetitive suicidal attempts of the clients in Washington State, which has one of the highest suicide rates. This profile has been constructed on the various parameters recognized in the statistical analysis of the client pool in Washington State, who have been under treatment for their suicidal behavior. This predictor indicates the probability of clients who attempt suicides repetitively by matching the parameters of the profile with that of the client. Building a profile for the purpose of predicting behavior of this kind can strengthen the intervention strategies more comprehensively and reduce such incidents and health care requirements and expenses.
  • Keywords
    biomedical equipment; health care; patient care; patient rehabilitation; patient treatment; psychology; statistical analysis; Washington State; counseling facility; health care; patient treatment; predictor instrument; rehabilitation; statistical analysis; suicidal attempt; suicidal incident; target population; therapeutic program; Buildings; Educational institutions; Employee welfare; Frequency; Instruments; Medical services; Probability; Psychology; Public healthcare; Statistical analysis;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Bioinformatics and Biomedical Engineering , 2009. ICBBE 2009. 3rd International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2901-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2902-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICBBE.2009.5163217
  • Filename
    5163217