title: Suicidal behavior and childhood onychophagia in hospitalized psychiatric veterans.
abstract: This investigation of adult suicidal behavior and childhood onychophagia among hospitalized psychiatric male veterans suggests that for only personality disorders does childhood non-onychophagia show a significant relationship to adult nonsuicidal behavior. Otherwise, this study indicates that the presence or abscence of childhood onychophagia is not a significant suicidal or nonsuicidal factor among these veterans with a psychotic, neurotic, or personality disorder classification.
mesh_terms: D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008890:Military Psychiatry; D009259:Nail Biting / Q000150:complications*; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012306:Risk; D013406:Suicide, Attempted