Mood stabilisers, especially lithium, should be considered more often in patients with previous suicide attempt(s). When changing antidepressants in affective psychosis, benzodiazepines might be given more deliberate consideration. Patients in all diagnostic categories should be closely guided by means of intensified psychotherapeutic interventions while undergoing a benzodiazepine reduction. The treatment of patients suffering from schizophrenia with full-dose tricyclic regimens should be considered as possibly enhancing the acute suicide risk in some individuals.
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