Comorbidity of axis I and axis II disorders in patients who attempted suicide.

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OBJECTIVE: The authors compared the characteristics of suicide attempters with and without comorbid psychiatric and personality disorders to identify factors that explain the high suicide risk associated with psychiatric comorbidity. METHOD: A representative group of 111 patients who had attempted suicide (72 female and 39 male) was assessed for psychiatric and personality disorders according to ICD-10 criteria. The characteristics of patients with both types of disorder were compared with t...

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Authors: Hawton, K; Houston, K; Haw, C; Townsend, E; Harriss, L

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: American journal of psychiatry
• Volume: 160
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 1494-1500
• Publication date: 2003-08-01
• DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.160.8.1494
• EISSN: 1535-7228
• ISSN: 0002-953X
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Depressive Disorder; Follow-Up Studies; Middle Aged; Personality Disorders; Female; Risk Factors; Male; Personality Inventory; Adolescent; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Questionnaires; Self Concept; Comorbidity; Mental Disorders; Problem Solving; Recurrence; Suicide, Attempted; Adult