[Subtypes of schizophrenics patients with attempted suicide].
BACKGROUND
During the last decades, numerous research works have tried to determine what risk factors are associated with the schizophrenic patient's suicidal behavior but they have yielded contradictory results. Thus we hypothesized that these results' variability could be due, among other reasons, to the heterogeneity of suicidal schizophrenic population.


METHODS
Thirty-two Schizophrenics patients who had made Attempted suicide were studied. They were assessed through a battery of Clinical scales for negative, positive, hopelessness, insight and depressive symptoms.


RESULTS
Two suicidal subtypes were identified according to the reasons that patients stated for attempting suicide. These two subtypes showed significant differences in two of the analyzed variables, namely hopelessness and PANSS positive subscale.


CONCLUSIONS
Clinical implications coming from these results are discussed in the present paper.
Cejas Méndez
M R
MR
Servicio de Psiquiatría, Hospital Universitario de Canarias, La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38320, España. rgracia@comtf.es
Aguilar García-Iturrospe
E J
EJ
Villaverde Ruiz
M L
ML
Fernández López
L
L
Chinea Cabello
E
E
Gracia Marco
R
R
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires