Citation

Roy A. Arch. Gen. Psychiatry 1983; 40(9): 971-974.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1983, American Medical Association)

DOI

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PMID

6615160

Abstract

Among 243 patients with a family history of suicide, almost half (118 48.6%.) had attempted suicide, more than half (137 56.4%.) had a depressive disorder, and more than a third (84 34.6%.) had recurrent affective disorder. These 243 patients with a family history of suicide were compared with 5,602 patients with no family history of suicide. A family history of suicide was found to significantly increase the risk for an attempt at suicide in patients with a wide variety of diagnoses: schizophrenia, unipolar and bipolar affective disorders, depressive neurosis, and personality disorders.

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