title: Correlates of Suicide-Related Ideations and Attempts in Patients with Acute and Transient Psychotic Disorder.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Acute and transient psychotic disorder (ATPD) is a brief, self-limiting psychiatric disorder commonly seen in developing countries. This condition is associated with an elevated risk of suicide, but data on this association are lacking in developing countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Consecutive outpatients with a diagnosis ATPD as per ICD-10 criteria (n=29) were recruited over a period of six months (February-July 2014) and retrospectively assessed for suicide-related ideations and attempts and their correlates both during and in between episodes of their illness.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 16 patients (55.17%) experienced suicide-related ideations, which occurred during a psychotic episode in 14 patients. Six patients (20.69%) made suicide attempts. A later age of onset was significantly associated with suicidality (p=0.04), as was a family history of depression or related ("spectrum") conditions (p<0.01). A relationship with higher educational status, reported in an earlier study, was not replicated in our sample.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suicide-related ideation and suicide attempts are common in ATPD, and may be linked to a later onset and a genetic loading for depression-related conditions.
authors.forename: Ravi Philip
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Rajkumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Genetics; Psychosis; Suicide