CSF 5-HIAA and HVA concentrations in elderly depressed patients who attempted suicide.
CSF findings distinguished 12 elderly depressed patients who attempted suicide from nine depressed patients who did not and from seven normal control subjects. Psychosocial factors and measures of psychopathology did not differentiate suicidal from nonsuicidal patients. Biochemical factors may be important in evaluating suicide risk in the elderly.
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.
J S
JS
Jones
B
B
Stanley
J J
JJ
Mann
A J
AJ
Frances
J R
JR
Guido
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L
Traskman-Bendz
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R
Winchel
R P
RP
Brown
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M
Stanley
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006719:Homovanillic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*
D006897:Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid; D006719:Homovanillic Acid