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Antidepressant therapy in severe depression may have different effects on ego-dystonic and ego-syntonic suicidal ideation.

Brådvik, Louise LU and Berglund, Mats LU (2011) In Depression Research and Treatment 2011(Article ID 896395).
Abstract
The objective of the present study was to investigate whether ego-dystonic and ego-syntonic suicidal ideation occurred at different frequencies during antidepressant therapy. A blind evaluation has been performed on records of 100 suicides with a primary severe depression and 100 matched controls, admitted to the Department of Psychiatry, Lund, Sweden. Ego-dystonic suicidal ideation was more commonly reported during adequate treatment as compared to ego-syntonic ideation (P = .004). Men who committed suicide during adequate antidepressant therapy more often reported ego-dystonic suicidal ideation earlier in their lives compared with those who were not treated (P = .0377). This may indicate that treatment failure for ego-dystonic ideation... (More)
The objective of the present study was to investigate whether ego-dystonic and ego-syntonic suicidal ideation occurred at different frequencies during antidepressant therapy. A blind evaluation has been performed on records of 100 suicides with a primary severe depression and 100 matched controls, admitted to the Department of Psychiatry, Lund, Sweden. Ego-dystonic suicidal ideation was more commonly reported during adequate treatment as compared to ego-syntonic ideation (P = .004). Men who committed suicide during adequate antidepressant therapy more often reported ego-dystonic suicidal ideation earlier in their lives compared with those who were not treated (P = .0377). This may indicate that treatment failure for ego-dystonic ideation was a precursor of their suicides. Consequently, ego-dystonic ideation seems to show a poorer response to antidepressant therapy as compared to ego-syntonic ideation, which may be more directly related to depression. Ego-dystonic ideation is proposed to be related to depressive psychosis. (Less)
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  author       = {{Brådvik, Louise and Berglund, Mats}},
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  number       = {{Article ID 896395}},
  publisher    = {{Hindawi Limited}},
  series       = {{Depression Research and Treatment}},
  title        = {{Antidepressant therapy in severe depression may have different effects on ego-dystonic and ego-syntonic suicidal ideation.}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/1568896/2221500.pdf}},
  doi          = {{10.1155/2011/896395}},
  volume       = {{2011}},
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