title: Suicide attempts in rapid cycling bipolar disorder patients.
abstract: We studied 100 rapid cycling patients (33% of whom had truncated episodes), and 120 non-rapid cycling bipolar patients for history of suicide attempts. In contrast to our hypothesis, no significant differences were found when comparing suicide attempt histories for these two groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry Director, University of Washington, Seattle 98105.
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Dunner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010359:Patient Readmission; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*