TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Evaluation of suicidal risk in depressives and schizophrenics : a 2-year follow-up study
JO  - Indian journal of psychiatry
A1  - Gupta, S. C.
A1  - Singh, H.
A1  - Trivedi, J. K.
SP  - 298
EP  - 310
VL  - 34
IS  - 4
N2  - A very high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among the persons attempting or committing suicide has been observed by several investigators (Barraclough et al, 1974; Beck et al, 1990; Drake et al, 1985). In a study of attempted suicide Morgan et al. (1975) reported neurotic depression in 52%, personality disorder in 29% functional psychosis in 12% and alcohol addiction in 10%. Silver et al. (1971) found 80% of the attempters having depressive features. Likewise, Barracloughf1974) found 93% of the suicide being mentally ill, depression accounting for 70%.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0019-5545
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -