Resource Tag: FAMILIAL SUICIDE

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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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903 male prisoners in Italy had a psychiatric interview which included various psychometric tests. Suicide attempters were compared with prisoners who had never attempted suicide. Significantly more of the attempters had a history of psychiatric disorder, substance abuse, a family history of suicidal behaviour, convictions for violent crime, had exhibited aggressive behaviour in jail, & […]

This study sought to identify correlates of low-intent & high-intent suicide attempts in China. 277 adult patients who presented to the emergency department in a rural hospital because of a suicide attempt were compared with 277 matched community control individuals. Attempted suicides were stratified into 3 levels of suicide intent – low, intermediate, & high. […]

527 consecutive suicides, 43 of whom met criteria for schizophrenia & schizoaffective disorder, were investigated by means of proxy-based interviews using structured diagnostic instruments & personality trait assessments. Compared to other suicides, schizophrenic & schizoaffective suicides presented comparably elevated levels of impulsive aggressive traits. They also had comparable levels of family history of suicidal behaviour […]

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Baseline data were collected for a distinct validation cohort of 2541 participants from 14 US regional centres to confirm & extend preliminary findings that those with major depressive disorder in primary & speciality care settings have equivalent degrees of depression & an indistinguishable constellation of symptoms. Both primary & specialty care participants showed considerable suicide […]

The risk for schizophrenia associated with a range of psychiatric diagnoses in family members was estimated. The relationship between these risks & age at first contact for schizophrenia was investigated. A nested case-control study design was employed. Data was available for 7704 cases admitted between 1981-1998 in Denmark. Controlling for socioeconomic factors, risk for schizophrenia […]

Self-destructive behaviour that may seem as complex as life itself, & as beyond our coping, may become intelligible when viewed as a specific brain disorder. This may be so with child, adolescent, & young adult suicide where a constellation of familial, societal, & psychological factors point toward the impulsively aggressive personality. The manner in which […]

This article focusses on the assessment of suicide risk in depressed patients. The discussion includes an examination of: the clinical picture of depression; risk factors for suicide in depressed patients; the relationship of stage of illness to suicide risk; suicide ideation, suicide attempt & family history of suicide; the association of risk with drinking; & […]

This article reviews evidence suggesting impulsive-aggressive traits are part of a developmental cascade increasing suicide risk among a subset of suicides. These personality traits, which do not appear to be a consequence of psychiatric disorder, seem to play a larger role among younger suicides & may mediate familial transmission of suicidal behaviour. However, not all […]

A population-based record-linkage study with a nested case control design was done. 14,440 individuals hospitalized due to a suicide attempt & 144,400 matched controls born in Sweden between 1968-1980 were followed up until December 1999. Among the strongest independent familial risk factors for youth suicide were siblings’ & parental suicide attempt. Nearly half of all […]

Using data from all waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, the short-term & long-term impact of an adolescent friend’s suicide on an adolescent’s depression & suicidality were investigated. Results suggest that a friend’s suicide is associated with heightened suicide thoughts & attempts & greater depression during the first year after loss. Six […]