title: Suicide attempts in major depressed patients with personality disorder.
abstract: Suicide attempters who met criteria for borderline personality disorder (BPD) comorbid with major depressive disorder (MDD) were compared to both suicide attempters suffering from MDD alone and to attempters with comorbid MDD and other personality disorders (PD). Participants were 239 (158 patients with comorbid PD and 81 patients with MDD without comorbidity) inpatients consecutively admitted after a suicide attempt made in the last 24 hours. Suicide attempters with comorbid MDD and BPD had more frequent previous suicide attempts and were more likely to have a history of aggressive behaviors and alcohol and drug use disorders compared with patients suffering from MDD without Axis II comorbidity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, Maternal and Child Health, Section of Psychiatry, University of Genova, Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amore
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Innamorati
authors.forename: Cristina Di
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Vittorio
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: Gustavo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Turecki
authors.forename: Leo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sher
authors.forename: Joel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Paris
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Girardi
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pompili
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015897:Comorbidity; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000150:complications; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D055815:Young Adult