Long-Term Suicide Risk in Schizophrenia Spectrum Psychoses: Survival Analysis by Gender

This study investigated the long-term suicide risk in schizophrenia spectrum psychoses in relation to gender. A cohort from 1973-1987 of 385 inpatients with schizophrenia spectrum psychoses in Stockholm were followed up for cause of death in 2006. 26 suicides occurred during the follow-up. There was no significant difference in suicide mortality between men & women. There was no gender difference in death from other causes. These results indicate that patients with schizophrenia spectrum psychoses have a high long-term suicide risk. The high suicide risk in female patients deserves further research attention. (26 refs.) JA