TY - JOUR
AU1 - Fawcett, J
AU2 - Scheftner, WA
AU3 - Fogg, L
AU4 - Clark, DC
AU5 - Young, MA
AU6 - Hedeker, D
AU7 - Gibbons, R
AB - The authors studied 954 psychiatric patients with major affective disorders and found that nine clinical features were associated with suicide. Six of these--panic attacks, severe psychic anxiety, diminished concentration, global insomnia, moderate alcohol abuse, and severe loss of interest or pleasure (anhedonia)--were associated with suicide within 1 year, and three others--severe hopelessness, suicidal ideation, and history of previous suicide attempts--were associated with suicide occurring after 1 year. These findings draw attention to the importance of 1) standardized prospective data for studies of suicide, 2) assessment of short-term suicide risk factors, and 3) anxiety symptoms as modifiable suicide risk
TI - Time-related predictors of suicide in major affective disorder
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
DA - 1990-09-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/american-psychiatric-publishing-inc-journal/time-related-predictors-of-suicide-in-major-affective-disorder-B2KR3MRZdM
VL - 147
IS - 9
DP - DeepDyve
ER -