title: Risk of suicide among female adolescents with eating disorders: a longitudinal population-based study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Suicide is a major cause of death among individuals with eating disorders. This study examined risk of suicide among females with eating disorders based on population-based military data.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data on diagnoses of eating disorders from the pre-induction screening for psychopathology and diagnoses assigned during military service were merged with data on later suicide from the nationwide Israeli Death Registry. We identified 1,356 females with eating disorders and compared their risk of suicide to a population-based control group of females without eating disorders over a mean follow-up period of 8.5 ± 5.34 years.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Females with eating disorders had a higher rate of suicide (0.22 %, n = 3) compared to females without eating disorders (0.03 %, n = 166). Having a moderate-severe eating disorder was associated with increased risk of suicide (RR = 12.50, 95 % CI = 3.86-38.09), whereas none of the females diagnosed as having a mild eating disorder died by suicide.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Females with moderate-severe eating disorders are at risk of suicide and should be monitored for suicidal intent.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Sheba Medical Center Tel Hashomer, 52621, Ramat Gan, Israel.
authors.forename: Shira
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.forename: Nomi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Werbeloff
authors.forename: Leah
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shelef
authors.forename: Eyal
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fruchter
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weiser
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D012306:Risk; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data