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Factors associated with attempted suicide among hospitalized depressed patients1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

Thomas Crook ,
Allen Raskin  and
David Davis
Thomas Crook
Affiliation:
Psychopharmacology Research Branch, Division of Extramural Research Programs National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
Allen Raskin
Affiliation:
Psychopharmacology Research Branch, Division of Extramural Research Programs National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
David Davis*
Affiliation:
Psychopharmacology Research Branch, Division of Extramural Research Programs National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A.
*
2Address for correspondence and reprints: Thomas Crook, Psychopharmacology Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Room 9–101, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland, U.S.A., 20852.
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Synopsis

An attempt was made to identify background, sociodemographic and clinical variables which are associated with attempted suicide in depression. Within a sample of 308 depressed psychiatric inpatients, suicide attempters were younger than non-attempters and were identified by a pattern of chronic interpersonal maladjustment reflected clinically in withdrawal from social contact and the display of hostility or irritability toward others.

Type
Original Article
Information
Psychological Medicine , Volume 5 , Issue 4 , November 1975 , pp. 381 - 388
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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Footnotes

1

The study was supported by National Institute of Mental Health grants 10445, 10420, 10546, 10295, 10331, 10812, 10330, 10889, 10495, 10892, and 22019.

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