title: Suicide attempts in multiple sclerosis.
abstract: The purposes of the study were (1) to estimate the risk of suicide attempts in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients in Denmark and compare the risk to the background population in the County of Funen, Denmark; (2) to estimate the risk of suicide attempts in MS patients receiving immunomodulating therapy compared with untreated patients. The Danish MS Registry, the Danish MS Treatment Registry and the Suicide Attempt Registry are linked and merged together using a person identification number given to all persons residing in Denmark. Among 404 MS patients, 15 patients had attempted suicide, although no increased risk for suicide attempts was found in MS patients. No difference in number of suicide attempts in treated and untreated patients was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Odense and Augustenborg, The Psychiatry of Southern Denmark, Denmark. elsebeth.stenager@psyk.regionsyddanmark.dk
authors.forename: Elsebeth Nylev
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Stenager
authors.forename: Børge
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stenager
authors.forename: Kirstina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stenager
authors.forename: Egon
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Stenager
mesh_terms: D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007155:Immunologic Factors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016899:Interferon-beta / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D012042:Registries; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D007155:Immunologic Factors; D016899:Interferon-beta