Abstract
From the Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration: Schizophrenic Distress and Suicide
Goodwin F K
This letter to the editor describes a longitudinal study which concluded that early testing which found self-reported distress among young male patients with schizophrenia was a powerful predictor of suicide. Interviewer-rated measures & later self assesments did not have as high a predictive value.(VM)