[A six-year follow-up study of 100 patients who attempted suicide (author's transl)].
This follow-up study assesses further suicidal risk and discusses the characteristics of patients who have repeatedly attempted suicide. Depth of coma alone due to overdose of medication does not seem to be a sufficient criterion for the assessment of further suicidal risk. Better predictors seem to be: age, family status, degree of loneliness and social disintegration, presence of existential anxiety, and lack of self-assertiveness. Patients who made repeated suicide attempts had a higher neuroticism score, were more often alcohol- and drug-dependent, and came more often from a broken home. Finally, the characteristics of various patient groups are delineated.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000523:psychology; D001007:Anxiety; D001242:Assertiveness; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008132:Loneliness; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*
Sechs-Jahres-Katamnese an hundert Patienten mit Suicidversuchen durch Tabletteneinnahme.