title: Suicidal behaviour of Indian patients with obsessive compulsive disorder.
abstract: The chronicity, distress, high rates of comorbidity and varying degree of non response to treatment in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) may contribute to suicidal behavior. There is relatively little information on suicidal behavior in OCD subjects. Our study design is Single point non-invasive, cross sectional, clinical study of new and follow up cases.
  
  
  METHODS
  Assessment of Suicidal Behavior in patients of OCD attending the adult Psychiatry O.P.D. of Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University (CSMMU) U.P. Lucknow using (DSM-IV) criteria for diagnosis of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis-I disorders, Yale Brown Obsessive Compulsive Rating Scale, Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI), Beck's Hopelessness Scale (BHS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Mean standard deviation and t test for independent samples, Pearson's correlation coefficient.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Statistically significant differences were seen in the SSI score between the "Clinical" and "Sub-Clinical" cases with Clinical group having higher scores. Value of correlation coefficient between YBOCS score and SSI and BHS score is positive and statistically significant (P<0.01).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  "Clinical" group of patients had significantly higher scores of suicidal ideation measured by Scale of Suicidal Ideation (SSI). There was a significantly positive correlation between disease severity (YBOCS Score) and degree of suicidal ideation (SIS Score).
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj Medical University, U.P. (Formerly K. G. Medical University), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dhyani
authors.forename: Jitendra Kumar
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Trivedi
authors.forename: Anil
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nischal
authors.forename: Pramod Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Sinha
authors.forename: Subham
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
keywords: India; obsessive compulsive disorder; suicide