A 5-year follow-up study of suicide attempts
(1996) In Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 93(3). p.151-157- Abstract
Seventy-five patients were admitted to the ward of the Lund Suicide Research Center following a suicide attempt. After 5 years, the patients were followed up by a personal semistructured interview covering sociodemographic, psychosocial and psychiatric areas. Ten patients (13%) had committed suicide during the follow-up period, the majority within 2 years. They tended to be older at the index attempt admission, and most of them had a mood disorder in comparison with the others. Two patients had died from somatic diseases. Forty-two patients were interviewed, of whom 17 (40%) had reattempted during the follow-up period, most of them within 3 years. Predictors for reattempt were young age, personality disorder, parents having received... (More)
Seventy-five patients were admitted to the ward of the Lund Suicide Research Center following a suicide attempt. After 5 years, the patients were followed up by a personal semistructured interview covering sociodemographic, psychosocial and psychiatric areas. Ten patients (13%) had committed suicide during the follow-up period, the majority within 2 years. They tended to be older at the index attempt admission, and most of them had a mood disorder in comparison with the others. Two patients had died from somatic diseases. Forty-two patients were interviewed, of whom 17 (40%) had reattempted during the follow-up period, most of them within 3 years. Predictors for reattempt were young age, personality disorder, parents having received treatment for psychiatric disorder, and a poor social network. At the index attempt, none of the reattempters had diagnoses of adjustment disorders or anxiety disorders. At follow-up, reattempters had more psychiatric symptoms (SCL-90), and their overall functioning (CAF) was poor compared to those who did not reattempt. All of the reattempters had had long-lasting treatment (> 3 years) as compared to 56% of the others. It is of great clinical importance to focus on treatment strategies for the vulnerable subgroup of self-destructive reattempters.
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- Johnsson Fridell, E. ; Öjehagen, A. LU and Träskman-Bendz, L. LU
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- publishing date
- 1996
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- keywords
- longitudinal study, outcome, social network, suicide, suicide attempt
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- Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
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- 93
- issue
- 3
- pages
- 151 - 157
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- Wiley-Blackwell
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- scopus:0029881211
- pmid:8739657
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- 0001-690X
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1996.tb10622.x
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- English
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- yes
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