Factors associated with suicide attempts among patients with schizophrenia.
This study explored the association between psychosocial variables and symptoms among patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders who have attempted suicide and those who have not attempted suicide. Of 336 patients with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder who were consecutively evaluated at a university-affiliated clinical research center, 98, or 29.2 percent, reported one or more suicide attempts. Compared with patients who had not attempted suicide, patients who had made an attempt had a greater number of lifetime depressive episodes, an earlier age of onset of their illness, and an earlier age at first hospitalization.
Department of Psychiatry, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Syracuse, USA. network1@eznet.net
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D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000092864:Suicide Prevention