Suicidal attempt constitutes the majority of patients with self-inflicted injuries seen at hospital emergency departments. The economic and social costs are high in terms of utilization of health services and the behavior’s impact on the individual and his/her family. Objective: To identify some epidemiological characteristics of suicide attempts at Nampula Central Hospital in Mozambique. Material and Method: Descriptive, cross-sectional study on 93 patients who attempted suicide between May 2014 and December 2016. Sociodemographic variables, suicidal method, reasons for the attempt, previous attempts, persistence of suicidal ideation, psychiatric diagnosis and whether the attempt was impulsive or not were identified, data, quantified through percent figures. Results: Over half of the patients were in the 15-24, not-married, and students with a female/male ratio of 1.3. I...

Objective: To identify psychosocial factors associated with depression in a susceptible patient population. Material and Methods: Cross-sectional study in 347 depressed and 168 non-depressed patients who attended the Nampula Central Hospital, Mozambique, between February 2014 and November 2016. Sociodemographic variables as well as early and current adverse events were studied. The associations between all variables and depression were subjected to bivariate analyses with Chi square test and odds ratio test. Results: A significant association (p<0,05) was found between depressive disorder and socio-demographic factors such as 34 years of age or less, single or divorced status, unemployment and having none to two children. The mean number of current adverse events in depressed patients was 2.4, and 0.6 in those non-depressed. Early adverse events such as interparental violence and the ...