title: Depression followed by suicide: a comparison of depressed suicides with living depressives.
abstract: The characteristics of 64 suicides with a retrospective diagnosis of depression and 128 depressives referred for psychiatric treatment were compared. The following items differentiated the suicide group: male sex, older age in females, single status, living alone, the symptoms of insomnia, impaired memory and self neglect, and a history of suicide attempts. The value of these items in assessing suicide risk in depressive illness is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001007:Anxiety; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications*; D004739:England; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000150:complications; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000235:genetics; D012306:Risk; D012737:Sex Factors; D012847:Single Person; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012934:Social Isolation; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013997:Time Factors