Citation

Bronisch T, Hecht H. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1987; 76(4): 438-449.

Affiliation

Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, München, West Germany.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3425371

Abstract

Forty-eight inpatients with the diagnosis of a Brief or Prolonged Depressive Reaction according to ICD-9 who had attempted suicide just before the admission were compared to 24 inpatients with the same diagnosis but no history of previous suicide attempts. The variables investigated included sociodemographic characteristics, family history, life events within the year prior to admission, social functioning, social support, and personality factors. The comparison of these two groups revealed that alcoholism and suicide attempts in first degree relatives, and divorce or separation of the patients' parents predispose for a depressive reaction associated with the suicidal behavior. No differences between the two patient groups were found for personality factors, number and quality of life events in the year before index admission, social functioning, and social support during the last 4 weeks. Due to the small number of patients in both groups the conclusions drawn are preliminary.

Language: en