TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1991//
TI  - Habits of nervous tension and suicide
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Thomas, C. B.
A1  - Graves, P. L.
SP  - 91
EP  - 105
VL  - 21
IS  - 2
N2  - In a prospective study of 1,046 male medical students, those who later committed suicide showed a heightened sensitivity in stressful situations as assessed by the Habits of Nervous Tension Questionnaire (HNT). Survival analyses specified 2 of the 25 HNT items as the strongest suicide predictors: Irritability (relative risk 5.5; 95% confidence interval 1.76-17.17) and Urinary Frequency (3.3; 1.07-10.32). No other risk factors for suicide emerged from family background measures or individual medical school measures. It appears that types of sensitivity reflect psychological characteristics that are long-term precursors of suicide.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -