International J. Biomed Research Copy rights@ Dhana Ratna Shakya et.al. Auctores Publishing – Volume 1(4)-013 www.auctoresonline.org Page 1 of 6 Personality Traits among Psychiatric Out-patients with Suicide Attempt Attending Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal Supriya Sherchan (Bhattachan) 1 , Dhana Ratna Shakya 2* , Nidesh Sapkota 3 , Rinku Gautam (Joshi) 4 , Madhur Basnet 4 , Binod Kumar Deo 5 1 Resident, Department of Psychiatry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. 2 Professor, Department of Psychiatry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. 3 Additional Professor, Department of Psychiatry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. 4 Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. 5 Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. *Corresponding Author: Dhana Ratna Shakya, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, B.P.Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. Received date: April 04, 2021; Accepted date: April 15, 2021; Published date: May 19, 2021 Citation: Sherchan (Bhattachan) S, Shakya DR*, Sapkota N, Gautam (Joshi) R, Basnet M, Deo BK. (2021) Personality Traits among Psychiatric Out-patients with Suicide Attempt Attending Tertiary Care Hospital in Eastern Nepal. International J. of Biomed Research 1(4); DOI: 10.31579/IJBR- 2021/013 Copyright: © 2021, Dhana Ratna Shakya, This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction- Suicide attempt is a self-injurious behavior with a nonfatal outcome. Studies report increasing hospital admissions due to self-inflicted harm (SIH) as well as a higher likelihood of associated psychosocial factors in SIH cases. Objectives- To explore personality traits, socio-demographic profiles and psychiatric disorders among the suicide attempt cases in a tertiary care hospital setting of eastern Nepal. Methods- It was a descriptive study conducted with purposive sampling in a tertiary care hospital among suicide attempt cases who visited to out-patient department of psychiatry. A total of 113 cases (calculated sample size) were enrolled after written informed consent within study period of 1 year. Personality traits were analyzed by using ‘Personality Trait Inventory’ questionnaire. Psychiatric diagnosis was made as per the ICD-10 diagnostic criteria. Demographic variables were recorded in a semi-structured proforma. Results- Majority of the subjects were female, married and literate, with the most common age group being 20- 29 and <20 years. Most of them were Hindu, from low socioeconomic status, joint family and cities, and were homemakers. Poisoning was the most common mode of suicide attempt and organo-phosphorous compounds the most common poison used. Some (13.3%) had past and 5.3% had family history of suicidal attempt. Most cases 63 (55.8%) were referred from Departments of Internal Medicine, followed by Emergency 28 (24.8%), self18 (15.9%) and Pediatrics 4 (3.5%). The common ICD-10 psychiatric diagnoses were: Substance use disorder, main being alcohol (42%), Adjustment (34%) and mood disorders (22%). Emotional instability trait was the most common Personality Trait 70 (61.9%), followed by Depressive tendency 46 (40.7%). Personality disorder was present in 34%; most common being Emotionally unstable personality disorder. Conclusions- Emotional instability trait was found in the highest number of suicide attempt patients. Key Words: BPKIHS, mental illness, personality trait, Psychiatry out-patients, suicide attempt Introduction ‘Suicide’ is derived from the Latin word for ‘self-murder’. It is a fatal act that represents the person's wish to die [1]. Suicide ideation and attempts are strongly predictive of suicide deaths; can result in negative consequences such as injury, hospitalization and loss of liberty [2]. Psychiatric patients who attempt suicide have greater suicidal ideation, compared with the patients who do not attempt suicide [3]. Clinical and community researches suggest links between suicide attempts and psychological traits of aggression, anger and impulsivity. Aggressiveness has been related to suicidality in mood disorders [4]. Higher rates of lifetime aggression were observed in suicide attempters, compared to non-suicidal patients and lifetime aggression traits did correlate with suicide attempts in patients with mood disorder [4]. Evidence on the relationship between personality traits and suicide is strongly emerging. Studies on the records of psychiatric patients with and without suicide attempt show that those who committed suicide possessed anger, aggression, anxiety and depression personality profiles [5]. Depressed patients with borderline personality traits were characteristically vulnerable and had familial generalized anxiety disorder Open Access Original Article International Journal of Biomed Research Dhana Ratna Shakya * AUCTORES Globalize your Research