Frequency and clinical features of pervasive developmental disorder in adolescent suicide attempts.
OBJECTIVE
The goal of this clinical study was to examine the frequency and clinical features of pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) relative to suicide attempts by adolescents.


METHODS
Ninety-four adolescent patients under age 20 participated in this study; it was a consecutive study of individuals who had attempted suicide and had been hospitalized for inpatient treatment.


RESULTS
Twelve of the 94 subjects (12.8%) were diagnosed with PDD. The ratio of males in the PDD group was higher than that in the non-PDD group (P=.017). There was a significant difference between the two groups regarding the rate of patients having mood or anxiety disorder (P=.037).


CONCLUSIONS
This study indicates that PDD should always be a consideration when dealing with adolescent suicide attempts.
Mikami
Katsunaka
K
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, Course of Specialized Clinical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan. mikami@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp
Inomata
Seiji
S
Hayakawa
Noriyoshi
N
Ohnishi
Yuichi
Y
Enseki
Yoichi
Y
Ohya
Akitoshi
A
Haruki
Yasuo
Y
Kishi
Yasuhiro
Y
Shinohara
Yutaka
Y
Ichimura
Atsushi
A
Matsumoto
Hideo
H
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014888:Wechsler Scales; D055815:Young Adult