@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal ideation in schizophrenia: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary mental hospital in North-East India",
journal="Indian journal of psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Nath, Santanu and Kalita, Kamal Narayan and Baruah, Aparajeeta and Saraf, Anantprakash Siddharthkumar and Mukherjee, Diptadhi and Singh, Pankaj Kumar",
volume="63",
number="2",
pages="179-183",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Suicide is a leading cause of mortality in schizophrenia. The study attempts to find an association of suicidal ideation, a less studied entity than suicide attempt, with various sociodemographic and clinical profiles in patients with schizophrenia. <br><br>MATERIALS AND METHODS: It is a cross-sectional study involving 140 patients diagnosed as schizophrenia. Sociodemographic and clinical profiles were collected using a semi-structured proforma. Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale, Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia, InterSePT Scale for Suicidal Thinking, and Drug Attitude Inventory-10 were applied to assess psychopathology, depressive symptoms, suicidal ideas, and attitude toward psychotropics, respectively. The analysis was done using appropriate statistics. <br><br>RESULTS: Majority of the study sample were Hindus, male, unmarried, literate, unemployed, and belonging from lower socioeconomic class. About 25.7% attempted suicide earlier and 29.3% currently have suicidal ideation. A previous suicide attempt, family history of psychiatric illness and that of suicide and comorbid substance use, significantly predicted (p < 0.05) a current suicidal ideation. Ideation has also been found to be significantly correlated to comorbid depression and the positive, negative, emotional, and excitement domains of schizophrenic psychopathology. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The current study shows suicidal ideations in schizophrenia patients to be significantly related to schizophrenic psychopathology and comorbid depression, thus calling for a holistic management in preventing a fatal outcome.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0019-5545",
doi="10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_130_19",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/psychiatry.IndianJPsychiatry_130_19"
}