title: [Predicting risk of suicide in bipolar and unipolar depression: correlation between temperament and personality].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to evaluate the roles of personality and affective temperament traits in the prediction of suicide risk in mood disorders.
  
  
  METHODS
  The participants were 147 psychiatric inpatients with bipolar disorders I and II and major depressive disorder. Patients undertook the Temperament Evaluation of Memphis, Pisa, Paris, and San Diego self-rating questionnaire, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2), and the Beck Hopelessness Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sixty-four subjects were diagnosed with increased suicidal risk based on the Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI). Logistic regression analysis resulted in two models predictive of MINI-based suicidal risk: irritable temperament and the MMPI-2 scale. Multiple regression analysis further indicated that higher hyperthymic values are protective against hopelessness, while MINI-based suicidal intent is a predictor of hopelessness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Personality and affective temperament traits may have a role in the prediction of suicide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza, University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 0189, Rome, Italien. mpompili@mclean.harvard.edu
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pompili
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authors.lastname: Innamorati
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authors.lastname: Giupponi
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authors.lastname: Pycha
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authors.lastname: Rihmer
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authors.lastname: Del Casale
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authors.lastname: Manfredi
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authors.lastname: Fiori Nastro
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authors.lastname: Ferracuti
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authors.lastname: Girardi
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authors.lastname: Tatarelli
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mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001714:Bipolar Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D010552:Personality Assessment; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013694:Temperament