Citation

Arato M, Demeter E, Rihmer Z, Somogyi E. Acta Psychiatr. Scand. 1988; 77(4): 454-456.

Affiliation

National Institute for Nervous and Mental Diseases, Budapest, Hungary.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3389182

Abstract

Based on an interview with the closest family member, using the Schedule of Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia--SADS, a retrospective psychiatric assessment and diagnostic classification was carried out on 200 completed suicides. Eighty-one per cent of the victims had a recent psychiatric disorder, in 63% depression. The prevalence of psychiatric illnesses was similar to that of other studies from countries with lower suicide rates.

Language: en