title: Predictors of suicide attempts after violent offences in schizophrenia spectrum disorders.
abstract: The aim of this survey was to identify predictors of suicide attempts that immediately followed a violent crime in patients with schizophrenia. Documentations of patients diagnosed with schizophrenia and released in a 10 years period from the National Institute of Forensic Psychiatry were reviewed. Twenty-six out of 223 patients attempted suicide after the violent crime. The young age of the victim, and living in partnership were those factors differentiating suicidal violent offenders from their non-suicidal counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Psychiatry and Addiction Medicine, Szent István and Szent László Hospital, Gyáli út 17-19, 1097 Budapest, Hungary; Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary. Electronic address: gazdag@lamb.hu.
authors.forename: Gábor
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gazdag
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Szent Imre Hospital, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Emese
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Belán
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Ferenc A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Szabó
authors.affiliation: Notre Dame University Australia, Perth, Australia; School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
authors.forename: Gabor S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Ungvari
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary; Nathan Kline Institute for Psychiatric Research, Orangeburg, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Pál
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Czobor
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
authors.forename: Brigitta
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baran
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D015331:Cohort Studies; D057237:Criminals / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005555:Forensic Psychiatry; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*
keywords: Schizophrenia; Suicide attempt; Violent crime