%0 Journal Article
%T Suicide and bipolar disorder
%J Journal of clinical psychiatry
%D 2000
%A Jamison, K. R.
%V 61
%N Suppl 9
%P 47-51
%X 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>
%G en
%I Physicians Postgraduate Press
%@ 0160-6689
%U http://dx.doi.org/