Citation

Warman DM, Forman EM, Henriques GR, Brown GK, Beck AT. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2004; 34(1): 77-86.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Psychopathology Research Unit, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104, USA. debbiewarman@yahoo.com

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15106890

Abstract

The present study examined recent suicide attempters with and without psychotic disorders in order to understand factors that contribute to suicide ideation during and following the suicide attempt. Patients with psychotic disorders endorsed higher levels of suicide ideation than patients without psychotic disorders. Even when depression, hopelessness, substance abuse, and social problem solving were controlled for, there was a significant association between psychotic disorder and suicide ideation. During the follow-up period, patients with psychotic disorders subsequently attempted suicide at a significantly higher rate than patients without psychotic disorders. The clinical relevance of these findings is discussed.