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World J Psychiatry. Jan 19, 2026; 16(1): 108761
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.108761
Published online Jan 19, 2026. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v16.i1.108761
Sociodemographic characteristics of suicide attempters treated in the emergency department and the effect of psychological care
En-Sheng Tang, Department of Pre-Hospital Emergency, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi 445000, Hubei Province, China
Wan-Li Ren, Psychological Counseling Clinic, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi 445000, Hubei Province, China
Hua Zou, Department of Emergency, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Enshi 445000, Hubei Province, China
Author contributions: Tang ES contributed to the conceptualization, data curation, methodology, software, and writing - original draft; Ren WL contributed to the formal analysis, project administration, and visualization; Zou H contributed to the investigation, supervision, validation, writing - review & editing.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved for publication by the Ethics Committee of the Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, approval No. LL20240422.
Informed consent statement: All study participants or their legal guardian provided informed written consent about personal and medical data collection prior to study enrolment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
STROBE statement: The authors have read the STROBE Statement-checklist of items, and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the STROBE Statement-checklist of items.
Data sharing statement: The original anonymous dataset is available on request from the corresponding author at
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Corresponding author: Hua Zou, MD, Department of Emergency, The Central Hospital of Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, No. 158 Wuyang Avenue, Enshi 445000, Hubei Province, China. tang66ensheng@163.com
Received: June 27, 2025
Revised: July 25, 2025
Accepted: November 3, 2025
Published online: January 19, 2026
Processing time: 186 Days and 19.1 Hours
Revised: July 25, 2025
Accepted: November 3, 2025
Published online: January 19, 2026
Processing time: 186 Days and 19.1 Hours
Core Tip
Core Tip: This study analyzed data from 239 suicide attempters admitted to the emergency department (mean age 26.25 years; 52.3% female) to evaluate the efficacy of psychological care. Post-intervention, the psychological care group (n = 131) exhibited significantly reduced Suicidal Intent Scale scores (10.09 vs 16.48) and lower re-suicide rates (11.45% vs 24.07%) compared with the control group (n = 108). The results underscore the critical role of structured psychological interventions in emergency departments to mitigate suicide risk(s), advocating integrated mental health support in acute care settings.