@article{ref1,
title="Mental disorders in cancer suicides",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="1995",
author="Henriksson, M. M. and Isometsa, E. T. and Hietanen, P. S. and Aro, Hillevi M. and Lonnqvist, J. K.",
volume="36",
number="1-2",
pages="11-20",
abstract="Mental disorders among suicide victims who had suffered from cancer were investigated using psychological autopsy data on all suicides in Finland over 1 year. Retrospective DSM-III-R consensus diagnoses were assigned to all 60 cancer suicides and to 60 age- and sex-matched comparison suicides without a cancer history. Depressive syndromes were equally common along cancer suicides (80%) and others (82%). Alcohol dependence and personality disorders were more frequent among noncancer suicides. Major depression and substance abuse were more common among victims with cancer in remission than in terminal stages. Only a small minority of cancer suicides seem to occur in the absence of mental disorders.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}