TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2002//
TI  - Psychotic (delusional) major depression in the elderly and suicidal behaviour
JO  - Journal of affective disorders
A1  - Lykouras, Lefteris
A1  - Gournellis, Rossetos
A1  - Fortos, Andreas
A1  - Oulis, Panagiotis
A1  - Christodoulou, George N.
SP  - 225
EP  - 229
VL  - 69
IS  - 1-3
N2  - BACKGROUND: It has been established that depressed patients manifest a higher risk of committing suicide. The role of delusional experiences accompanying depressive symptomatology as a risk factor for suicidal behaviour has been investigated but the results are inconsistent.  METHOD: In the present study, 40 elderly depressed inpatients with psychotic features (DSM-IV criteria) were compared to 64 elderly depressed patients without such features in terms of suicide attempts.  RESULTS: The results of univariate and multivariate analyses were negative: Psychotic and nonpsychotic depressed patients did not differ with respect to attempted suicide.  CONCLUSION: The results of the present study support the notion that psychotic features do not increase the risk for the elderly depressed patients to attempt suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0165-0327
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0165-0327(00)00322-0
ID  - ref1
ER  -