Awareness of illness and suicidal behavior in delusional disorder patients
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Delusional disorder: no gender differences in age at onset, suicidal ideation, or suicidal behavior.
OBJECTIVE To investigate gender differences in age at onset, psychopathology, and suicidal behavior rates in delusional disorder (DD). METHODS We conducted a prospective longitudinal study of 97 patients with DD. Demographic and clinical data at baseline were recorded. Gender differences were investigated by applying analysis of covariance, using age at onset and age at first psychiatric cons...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Clinical Psychiatry
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0101-6083
DOI: 10.1590/0101-60830000000034