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Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables

BACKGROUND: There is a high risk of suicidal attempt in patients with depression. This risk varies according to the sociodemographic status and clinical presentation. AIM: To assess the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt in patients with major depressive disorder, and to find the correlatio...

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Autores principales: Srivastava, A.S., Kumar, Rakesh
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711312
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43059
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Kumar, Rakesh
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description BACKGROUND: There is a high risk of suicidal attempt in patients with depression. This risk varies according to the sociodemographic status and clinical presentation. AIM: To assess the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt in patients with major depressive disorder, and to find the correlation between the two. METHODS: Sixty patients with major depressive disorder having suicidal ideation were recruited in the study. Of these, 10 had a history of suicidal attempt made in the past or current episode. Sociodemographic details were evaluated and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) was administered. RESULTS: Analysis of the data showed that the incidence of suicidal attempt was 16.6% in patients with suicidal ideation. Statistically, a higher risk of suicidal attempt was found in individuals <30 years of age. Single men, married women and students were more likely to attempt suicide; higher education was also a vulnerability factor. Attempters scored significantly higher in severity of suicidal ideation, agitation and paranoid symptoms whereas among non-attempters, hypochondriasis and general somatic symptoms were more often present. CONCLUSION: All patients expressing suicidal ideation do not attempt suicide. Young patients with depression, especially unmarried men, married women and students, having severe suicidal ideation with agitation or paranoid symptoms are more likely to attempt suicide.
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spelling pubmed-29211402010-08-14 Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables Srivastava, A.S. Kumar, Rakesh Indian J Psychiatry Brief Research Communication BACKGROUND: There is a high risk of suicidal attempt in patients with depression. This risk varies according to the sociodemographic status and clinical presentation. AIM: To assess the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempt in patients with major depressive disorder, and to find the correlation between the two. METHODS: Sixty patients with major depressive disorder having suicidal ideation were recruited in the study. Of these, 10 had a history of suicidal attempt made in the past or current episode. Sociodemographic details were evaluated and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HAM-D) was administered. RESULTS: Analysis of the data showed that the incidence of suicidal attempt was 16.6% in patients with suicidal ideation. Statistically, a higher risk of suicidal attempt was found in individuals <30 years of age. Single men, married women and students were more likely to attempt suicide; higher education was also a vulnerability factor. Attempters scored significantly higher in severity of suicidal ideation, agitation and paranoid symptoms whereas among non-attempters, hypochondriasis and general somatic symptoms were more often present. CONCLUSION: All patients expressing suicidal ideation do not attempt suicide. Young patients with depression, especially unmarried men, married women and students, having severe suicidal ideation with agitation or paranoid symptoms are more likely to attempt suicide. Medknow Publications 2005 /pmc/articles/PMC2921140/ /pubmed/20711312 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43059 Text en © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables
title Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables
title_full Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables
title_fullStr Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables
title_full_unstemmed Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables
title_short Suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: Sociodemographic and clinical variables
title_sort suicidal ideation and attempts in patients with major depression: sociodemographic and clinical variables
topic Brief Research Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2921140/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20711312
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0019-5545.43059
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