No increase in suicide risk among cardiopathic patients.
A study comparing 100 patients with heart disease and 100 control patients with other internal medicine disorders found no increased risk of suicide in the cardiac patients, although there was a strong tendency for the patients with cardiac diseases to have more negative expectations for the future. The implications of the results are discussed.
Pompili
Maurizio
M
Department of Psychiatry, Saint Andrea Hospital, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy. maurizio.pompili@uniroma1.it
Lester
David
D
Iliceto
Paolo
P
Tatarelli
Roberto
R
Girardi
Paolo
P
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires