title: Familial and sociopsychopathological risk factors for suicide attempt in bulimic and in depressed women: prospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was carried out to examine sociopsychopathological predictors of prospective observed suicide attempts in bulimic women purging type without comorbid major depression (BNG) at the time of study entry and in woman with major depression without comorbid eating disorder at the time of study entry (MDG).
  
  
  METHODS
  Data from 28 BNG (age 23.5 +/- 3.6) and 126 MDG women (age 33.4 +/- 5.1) who had attempted suicide during 12 months' monitoring were compared.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A univariate comparison of the two groups revealed various differences. Analysis of risk factors for suicide attempts using stepwise logistic regression was conducted separately for each group. The derived logistic models showed that patients from the BNG group had a history of higher incidence of sexual abuse in childhood, as well as abuse of laxatives and illicit drugs; they also lacked orientation in life, felt lonely despite family and friends, tended to direct their anger outward, and were unable to relax.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Sociopsychopathological risk factors for suicide attempts in the BNG and MDG appear to vary.
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Psychosomatic Medicine, Inntalklinik, Simbach/Inn, Germany. m.nickel@inntalklinik.de
authors.forename: Marius K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Nickel
authors.forename: Marietta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Simek
authors.forename: Niluefer
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lojewski
authors.forename: Moritz
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Muehlbacher
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fartacek
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kettler
authors.forename: Egon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bachler
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Egger
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rother
authors.forename: Wiebke
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Buschmann
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Pedrosa Gil
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kaplan
authors.forename: Ferdinand O
authors.initials: FO
authors.lastname: Mitterlehner
authors.forename: Javaid
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Anvar
authors.forename: Wolfhardt K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Rother
authors.forename: Thomas H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Loew
authors.forename: Cerstin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nickel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D002032:Bulimia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015897:Comorbidity; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D016015:Logistic Models; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012931:Social Environment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data