@article{ref1,
title="Attempted suicide, depression and physical diseases: a 1-year follow-up study",
journal="Psychotherapy and psychosomatics",
year="1994",
author="Stenager, E. and Stenager, E. and Jensen, K.",
volume="61",
number="1-2",
pages="65-73",
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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-3190",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}