Citation

Stenager EN, Stenager E, Jensen K. Psychother. Psychosom. 1994; 61(1-2): 65-73.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Odense University, Denmark.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Karger Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8121978

Abstract

In the period January 1, 1990 to March 31, 1991 a sample of suicide attempters admitted to the Department of Psychiatry, Odense University Hospital, underwent a structured interview. In the study 52% of the patients interviewed were found to suffer from a somatic disease, and 21% were daily on analgesics for pain. Patients that suffered from a somatic disease differed from other suicide attempters in depression score, age, pain and the presence of psychosis. Fewer of the somatically ill suicide attempters had a psychosis. Patients complaining of pain were more often depressed and abused medicine. Statistically, the risk of repetition of parasuicide for patients with a somatic disease but without depression was significantly less. The 7 patients committing suicide were older and a tendency was found towards painful somatic diseases and depression as risk factors for suicide.

Language: en