Resource Tag: FAMILIAL SUICIDE
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Family Environment and Suicidal Ideation Among Bipolar Youth
This study examined the association between family environment & suicide ideation among youth with bipolar disorder. Subjects included 446 youth, age 7-17, enrolled in the Course & Outcome of Bipolar Youth Study. Current suicide ideation, family functioning, & family stress were assessed at intake. Bipolar youth with current suicide ideation reported more conflict with their […]
Risk Factors for Attempting Suicide in Heroin Addicts
In order to examine risk factors for attempting suicide in heroin dependent patients, a group of 527 abstinent opiate dependent patients had a psychiatric interview & completed the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire. Patients who had or had never attempted suicide were compared on putative suicide risk factors. It was found that 207 of the 527 had […]
Prediction and Prevention of Suicide in Bipolar Disorders
The recognition & correct treatment of bipolar disorders is particularly important since untreated bipolar disorder carries an extremely high risk of both suicide attempts & deaths. Considering the clinically explorable suicide risk factors in bipolar disorders, suicidal behaviour in the majority of cases is predictable. There is also evidence that long-term treatment of bipolar patients […]
Alcohol and Other Contextual Factors of Suicide in Four Aboriginal Communities of Quebec, Canada
This paper describes the psychosocial & behavioural characteristics of 30 consecutive adult suicides from 4 First Nations communities in Quebec. Psychological autopsies were done with family members. Suicide among this group was overrepresented by young single men. Alcohol intoxication at the time of death was reported for 22 cases in association with rapid acting out […]
Suicidal Behaviors in Surviving Monozygotic and Dizygotic Co-Twins: is the Nature of the Co-Twin’s Cause of Death a Factor?
The frequency of suicide-related behaviours was compared in twins from 2 survivor groups: those whose co-twin’s deaths were suicides (47 monozygotic & 31 dizygotic) & those whose co-twin’s deaths were nonsuicides (347 monozygotic & 170 dizygotic). The frequency of suicide attempts among suicide survivors was significantly higher in monozygotic than dizygotic twins, while the frequency […]
Psychiatric and Socioenvironmental Characteristics of Bahraini Suicide Cases
A questionnaire-guided interview of families of 29 Bahraini suicide cases from 1996-2005 was conducted in their homes by a social worker. Medical & pscyhiatric files were examined to complete the data. More victims were male,young, single or divorced, unemployed, & with a low education level compared with the general population. The majority of victims had […]
Family Factors Predicting Categories of Suicide Risk
Family risk & protective factors were compared among potential high school dropouts with & without suicide-risk behaviours. The extent to which these factors predict categories of suicide-risk behaviours was examined. Based upon suicide-risk status, 1,083 potential dropouts were defined as belonging to 1 of 4 groups: 573 no risk, 242 low risk, 137 moderate risk, […]
Familial Aggregation of Suicidal Ideation in Psychiatric Patients: Influence of Gender
To investigate the role of familial factors for suicide ideation, 48 psychiatric patients belonging to 20 nuclear & 3-generation families were interviewed. The effect of familiality on suicide ideation was estimated through the use of mixed model analysis with family as random effect & gender, age, & depressive score as fixed effects. The effect of […]
Factors Associated With Suicide Attempts in 648 Patients With Bipolar Disorder in the Stanley Foundation Bipolar Network
Demographic & course-of-illness variables were studied to understand better the incidence & potential clinical correlates of serious suicide attempts in 648 outpatients with bipolar disorders. Patients were evaluated using self-rated & clinician-rated questionnaires to assess incidence & correlates of serious suicide attempts prior to study entry. Retrospective findings, supplemented by prospective follow-up, indicate that a […]
Genetics of Suicide in Depression
Evidence is mounting that genetic factors may be included in the many determinants of suicide. Clinical studies of psychiatric patients have suggested that risk of suicidal behaviour is increased by the presence of family history of suicidality, a claim that is also supported by findings of twin & adoption studies. In addition, molecular genetic studies […]
Suicide Attempt Histories in Alcohol-Dependent men: Differences in Psychological Profiles
53 alcohol-dependent men without additional Axis I disorders were divided into two groups based on past history of suicide attempts, 15 with such a history & 38 without. A significantly higher percentage of patients in the group with a history of suicide attempts had personal & family histories of either illicit drug use, past psychiatric […]
Atypical Depression is Associated With Suicide Attempt in Bipolar Disorder
The association between suicide attempt & atypical depression, in addition to other major risk factors, was evaluated in 390 bipolar I & II Spanish outpatients. History of suicide attempts was obtained through interviews with patients & relatives. Attempters & non-attempters were compared using univariate & multivariate analysis. Attempters showed significantly higher rates of atypical depression, […]
Familial Aggregation of Suicide Explained by Cluster B Traits: a Three-Group Family Study of Suicide Controlling for Major Depressive Disorder
File copy includes a 1-page data supplement.
In Search of Endophenotypes for Suicidal Behavior
See SIEC #2010-0798 for the McGirr et al article.
Early Traumatic Life Events, Parental Rearing Styles, Family History of Mental Disorders, and Birth Risk Factors in Patients With Social Anxiety Disorder
50 German patients with social anxiety disorders & 120 healthy controls were investigated using a retrospective interview with 203 questions. Compared to controls, patients described their parents’ rearing styles as significantly more unfavourable. Patients reported higher rates of psychiatric disorders in their families in general, in particular anxiety disorders, depression, & suicidality. The present data […]
Psychosocial and Psychiatric Risk Factors for Suicide: Case-Control Psychological Autopsy Study
A case-control psychological autopsy was conducted in Taiwan among 113 consecutive suicides & 226 living matched controls to examine the individual & combined effects of psychosocial & psychiatric risk factors for suicide. Five major risk factors (loss event, suicidal behaviour in first-degree relatives, major depressive episode, emotionally unstable personality disorder, & substance dependence) were found […]
Familial Pathways to Early-Onset Suicidal Behavior: Familial and Individual Antecedents of Suicidal Behavior
In a prospective study of offspring of parents with mood disorders, 364 offspring (average age 20 years) of 203 parents were followed for up to 6 years. Offspring with incident suicide attempts or emergency referrals for suicide ideation or behaviour were compared with offspring without such events. Multivariates analyses were conducted to examine predictors of […]
Suicide Assessment: Clinical Interview vs. Self-Report
This study examined whether patients disclosed the same information about suicidal behaviours on a self-report instrument that they conveyed to a clinician in a face-to-face interview. The results indicated a generally high level of agreement between these two forms of suicide assessment. The one exception was the question concerning recent suicide ideation, where patients tended […]