title: Attempted suicide by jumping: clinical and social features.
abstract: A group of 46 persons who had attempted suicide by jumping was compared on clinical and social-demographic parameters with another group of 214 persons who had attempted suicide by drug overdose. The differential characteristics of persons attempting suicide by jumping are the following: more often men, of a more advanced age, married or widowed, more often suffering from major psychopathology (that is affective psychosis-depressive type or schizophrenia), and quite frequently having a serious somatic illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Athens University Medical School, Eginition Hospital, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kontaxakis
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Markidis
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vaslamatzis
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ioannidis
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stefanis
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011041:Poisoning / Q000523:psychology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*