@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and bipolar disorder",
journal="Journal of clinical psychiatry",
year="2000",
author="Jamison, K. R.",
volume="61",
number="Suppl 9",
pages="47-51",
abstract="Suicide, which is both a stereotypic yet highly individualized act, is a common endpoint for many patients with severe psychiatric illness. The mood disorders (depression and bipolar manic-depression) are by far the most common psychiatric conditions associated with suicide. At least 25% to 50% of patients with bipolar disorder also attempt suicide at least once. With the exception of lithium--which is the most demonstrably effective treatment against suicide-remarkably little is known about specific contributions of mood-altering treatments to minimizing mortality rates in persons with major mood disorders in general and bipolar depression in particular. Suicide is usually a manifestation of severe psychiatric distress that is often associated with a diagnosable and treatable form of depression or other mental illness. In a clinical setting, an assessment of suicidal risk must precede any attempt to treat psychiatric illness.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0160-6689",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}