Abstract
Objective: To analyze factors associated with suicidal behavior in a psychiatric hospital. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study conducted at a referral hospital for the treatment of severe mental disorders in Teresina, from February to May 2018. The sample consisted of 142 patients aged 18 years or older and admitted to the urgency after attempted suicide. For data collection, the sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic characterization form was used. The analysis was performed based on the principles of descriptive and inferential statistics and the study complied with the ethical and legal precepts, having an opinion issued by the Research Ethics Committee of the Federal University of Piauí. Results: Male patients with a mean age of 34.4, low education and from Teresina prevailed. The associated factors were psychiatric disorder, psychoactive substance use and previous attempts. Significant associations were found between behavior and sociodemographic, clinical and therapeutic variables such as gender, age, previous attempts and psychiatric hospitalization. Conclusion: Care flows should be frequent prerogatives in health services, aiming at early identification of determinants and implementation of strategies aimed at preserving life, risk reduction and mortality indicators.