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Correlates of Suicide Attempts and Ideation in Schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

J. Landmark ,
Z. Z. Cernovsky  and
H. Merskey
J. Landmark
Affiliation:
Eg Psychiatric Hospital, Norway
Z. Z. Cernovsky
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, St Thomas Psychiatric Hospital, Canada
H. Merskey*
Affiliation:
University of Western Ontario
*
London Psychiatric Hospital, 850 Highbury Avenue, PO Box 2532, Terminal A, London, Ontario, Canada N6A 4HI
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A group of 118 patients with a hospital diagnosis of schizophrenia was reviewed. The incidence of suicide attempts was significantly correlated with more frequent past psychiatric admissions, more frequent past diagnoses of schizophrenia, and poor work function. The apparent relationships could be spurious or based on a reversed causal sequence; for example, suicide attempts are likely to be followed by psychiatric admissions.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 1 , July 1987 , pp. 18 - 20
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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