Clinical variables related to suicide attempts in schizophrenic patients: a retrospective study

In this study, we investigated the possible association between clinical or pharmacological variables and suicidal behavior in a sample of chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder patients. One hundred and three patients with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective...

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Published in:Schizophrenia research 2003-03, Vol.60 (1), p.47-55
Main Authors: Altamura, A.C., Bassetti, R., Bignotti, S., Pioli, R., Mundo, E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Addiction
Adult
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Atypical antipsychotics
Biological and medical sciences
Depression
Duration of untreated psychosis
Female
Humans
Logistic Models
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nicotine
Personality Assessment
Personality Inventory
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Psychoses
Psychotic Disorders - complications
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia - classification
Schizophrenia - complications
Schizophrenic Psychology
Suicide
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
Time Factors
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Summary:In this study, we investigated the possible association between clinical or pharmacological variables and suicidal behavior in a sample of chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder patients. One hundred and three patients with a DSM-III-R diagnosis of chronic schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder were studied. The sample was subdivided in two subsamples according to the presence/absence of suicidal attempts lifetime. The main demographic and clinical variables retrospectively collected were analyzed and compared between the two groups. Attempters had a significantly higher rate of nicotine abuse or dependence (chi-square=3.900, df=1, p
ISSN:0920-9964
1573-2509
DOI:10.1016/S0920-9964(02)00164-0