title: Mental disorder in youth suicide. DSM-III-R Axes I and II.
abstract: A 3-year urban material of suicides in adolescents and young adults (age 15-29 years) was studied retrospectively by means of interviews with survivors (n = 58). Classification of mental disorders according to DSM-III-R showed that major depression was important as background to suicides in 41%, primary (22%) or secondary (19%) to other disorders. Adding major depression, depressive disorder, not otherwise specified, dysthymia and adjustment disorder with depressed mood gave a total of 64% depressive syndromes. Schizophrenia (14%) and borderline personality disorder (28%) constituted other relevant groups. Coexisting substance use disorder occurred in 47%. A majority of the subjects (72%) were known by psychiatric caregivers and 16% committed suicide during inpatient care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Gothenburg, Sahlgren's Hospital, Sweden.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Runeson
mesh_terms: D000275:Adjustment Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology; D013548:Sweden