title: Clinical features associated with suicide attempts versus suicide gestures in an inpatient sample.
abstract: The objective of this study was to test whether suicide attempters and suicide gesturers can be clinically differentiated. A total of 150 subjects who had attempted suicide at least once, had made a suicide gesture, had suicidal ideation, and/or had engaged in non-suicidal self-injury were recruited from the inpatient service of the Jiménez Díaz Foundation (Madrid, Spain). A multinomial regression analysis was conducted. Histrionic and antisocial personality disorders were risk factors specific to suicide gestures. Narcissistic personality disorder was specifically associated with suicide attempts. Borderline personality disorder was associated with both suicide gestures and attempts. A high level of impulsiveness was a risk factor specific to suicide attempts.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suicide attempters and suicide gesturers are two distinct, although partially overlapping, populations.
authors.affiliation: a IIS-Jiménez Díaz Foundation - Autónoma University, CIBERSAM , Madrid , Spain.
authors.forename: Rebeca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: García-Nieto
authors.forename: Hilario
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Blasco-Fontecilla
authors.forename: Victoria
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: de León-Martinez
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Baca-García
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007175:Impulsive Behavior; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: gestures; impulsivity; motivation; personality disorders; suicide; suicide attempts