OBJECTIVE To determine if there is a relation to low serum cholesterol, lipoprotein, serotonin or tryptophan levels in patients with depression who have recently attempted suicide. DESIGN Biochemical and behavioural study. SETTING Inpatient and outpatient treatment at the Instituto Mexicano de Psiquiatría. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-three patients with a diagnosis of major depressive episode. Ei...

Research suggests that personality pathology is shared among a considerable portion of adolescents presenting suicidal behavior. Furthermore, heterogeneity of personality within this population suggests a need to tease apart different types of attempters. The goal of this study was to identify the personality subtypes of adolescents who attempt suicide. We analyzed data on 266 adolescents, ages...

OBJECTIVE We asked whether adoption status represented a risk of suicide attempt for adopted and nonadopted offspring living in the United States. We also examined whether factors known to be associated with suicidal behavior would mediate the relationship between adoption status and suicide attempt. METHODS Participants were drawn from the Sibling Interaction and Behavior Study, which includ...

BACKGROUND This nationwide population-based cohort study evaluated the risk of and risk factors for suicide attempt in poststroke patients in Taiwan. METHODS AND RESULTS The poststroke and nonstroke cohorts consisted of 713 690 patients and 1 426 009 controls, respectively. Adults (aged >18 years) who received new stroke diagnoses according to the International Classification of Diseases, Nin...

This study examines aspects of prediction of suicide and death of undetermined intent. We investigated all consecutive, autopsied patients between 1993 and 1997 who had been in contact with the Addiction Centre in Malmö from 1968 onwards. The staff was asked, shortly after autopsy but before they knew of the manner of death, if they thought the patient had committed suicide. The case records we...

aim and background: suicide is a multifactorial attempt. cultural and religious factors play important roles in its prevention and frequency. moslem societies have various approaches to different months of the year. they also have different ceremonies and customs during each month. we studied the frequency of suicide attempts during different months of lunar calendar along a 10-year period. met...