TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Mental disorders in cancer suicides
JO  - Journal of affective disorders
A1  - Henriksson, M. M.
A1  - Isometsa, E. T.
A1  - Hietanen, P. S.
A1  - Aro, Hillevi M.
A1  - Lonnqvist, J. K.
SP  - 11
EP  - 20
VL  - 36
IS  - 1-2
N2  - 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> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-0327
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -