Resource Tag: UNITED STATES. IOWA

A review of existing research & death investigations of dentists known to have committed suicide in the state of Iowa during the period 1968-1980 lead the authors to conclude that suicide rates for dentists are elevated over the age-sex rate of the general population. Rates appear to be higher for those entering the profession (24-44) […]

An investigation of 5,412 formerly hospitalized psychiatric patients revealed that 68 had committed suicide & 38 had died from accidental causes. At highest risk for suicide were: males under 30 years of age; females aged 30-39, up to 6 months after discharge; male schizophrenics; & both males & females with affective disorders. Those who died […]

The theoretical relationship between suicide & personality organization was explored by finding an autokinetic index – the amount of apparent movement of a stationary light – for suicidal & other subjects at 3 hospitals. Findings generally support the notion that an ego-close personality, characterized by concentration on external stimuli (&, therefore, a lower autokinetic index) […]

Studied 243 inpatients with unipolar depression who had received dexamethasone suppression tests. Of 205 patients with primary depression, the 4 who later suicided were among 96 with abnormal DST results; 1 patient with secondary depression committed suicide despite a normal DST result. It is suggested that hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal dysfunction is associated with a type of primary […]

Suicide risk among 200 schizophrenic, 100 manic, & 225 depressive patients, & 160 surgical controls was reported. The suicide experience of the study subjects was compared to that of the population of the state of Iowa, the geographical area from which the subjects were selected. The suicide experience of the surgical controls was not significantly […]

213 depressed patients were followed up from one month to 20 years later, and the effects of sex and age-at-onset were analysed. The results showed that only 5% of the group became bipolar, that males had a higher probability of later episodes, but that females were more likely to develop chronic depressive patterns. Evidence was […]