TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicide in patients hospitalized for schizophrenia
T2 - 1913-1940
AU - Stephens, Joseph H.
AU - Richard, Pascal
AU - McHugh, Paul R.
PY - 1999/1/1
Y1 - 1999/1/1
N2 - From a sample of 1357 schizophrenic patients hospitalized between 1913 and 1940 at the Phipps Clinic, we have follow-up data on 1212 (89%) cases, with a mean length of follow-up of 11 years. Of these 1212 patients, 28 (2%) are known to have committed suicide. Suicide was significantly correlated with 1) previous suicide attempts, 2) depressive symptoms, 3) preoccupation with suicide, 4) affective illness in close relatives, 5) poor premorbid social and work history, 6) sexual worries, and 7) psychomotor agitation. Marital status, gender, age at onset, age at admission, number of previous admissions, condition at discharge from Phipps, length of hospitalization, the presence of any type of delusions or hallucinations, alcohol problems, paranoid or catatonic features, and utilization of shock therapies were not significantly correlated with subsequent suicide. The seven variables significantly correlated with suicide enumerated above were chosen to construct a scale suggesting which patients were at high risk for suicide.
AB - From a sample of 1357 schizophrenic patients hospitalized between 1913 and 1940 at the Phipps Clinic, we have follow-up data on 1212 (89%) cases, with a mean length of follow-up of 11 years. Of these 1212 patients, 28 (2%) are known to have committed suicide. Suicide was significantly correlated with 1) previous suicide attempts, 2) depressive symptoms, 3) preoccupation with suicide, 4) affective illness in close relatives, 5) poor premorbid social and work history, 6) sexual worries, and 7) psychomotor agitation. Marital status, gender, age at onset, age at admission, number of previous admissions, condition at discharge from Phipps, length of hospitalization, the presence of any type of delusions or hallucinations, alcohol problems, paranoid or catatonic features, and utilization of shock therapies were not significantly correlated with subsequent suicide. The seven variables significantly correlated with suicide enumerated above were chosen to construct a scale suggesting which patients were at high risk for suicide.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005053-199901000-00003
DO - 10.1097/00005053-199901000-00003
M3 - Article
C2 - 9952248
AN - SCOPUS:0032893768
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 187
SP - 10
EP - 14
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 1
ER -