Citation

Mann JJ. Ann. Intern Med. 2002; 136(4): 302-311.

Affiliation

Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. jjm@columbia.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2002, American College of Physicians)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

11848728

Abstract

Suicide and suicide attempts are a major cause of death and morbidity worldwide. Suicide is generally a complication of a psychiatric disorder, but it requires additional risk factors because most psychiatric patients never attempt suicide. This review includes a hypothesized stress-diathesis model, which has implications for detection of high-risk patients and treatment interventions, and discusses promising treatment approaches that have been recently identified.

Language: en