title: Gender differences in the association of agitation and suicide attempts among psychiatric inpatients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine if the relationship of agitation with suicide ideation and suicide attempts differed between men and women.
  
  
  METHODS
  Self-reported severity of agitation and other suicide risk factors was obtained from 7698 consecutive patients during admission for inpatient psychiatric treatment during a 5-year period.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Agitation was highest among men with a history of suicide attempts. Agitation was significantly associated with frequency of suicide ideation and history of suicide attempt, but the gender-by-suicide interaction was only significant as a predictor of suicide attempt history. For men, agitation was associated with significantly increased risk for suicide attempt, but for women, agitation was not associated with risk for suicide attempt history. Results were unchanged when analyses were repeated among the subgroup of patients with suicide ideation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Agitation is associated with history of suicide attempt among male but not female psychiatric inpatients. Agitation differentiates between those men who have only thought about suicide and those who have made suicide attempts.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Veterans Studies, The University of Utah, 260 S. Central Campus Dr., Room 205, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA. Electronic address: craig.bryan@utah.edu.
authors.forename: Craig J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Bryan
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA; Sotero Del Rio Hospital, Department of Psychiatry, Av. Concha y Toro 3459, Puente Alto, Santiago 8207257, Chile.
authors.forename: Mario J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hitschfeld
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Brian A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Schak
authors.affiliation: National Center for Veterans Studies, The University of Utah, 260 S. Central Campus Dr., Room 205, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Erika M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Roberge
authors.affiliation: Mayo Clinic, Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Timothy W
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Lineberry
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Agitation; Gender; Inpatient; Psychiatric hospitalization; Suicide