Suicide among Schizophrenics

Symptoms, subtype, and suicidality in patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders

“…Organizing available data concerning suicide risk factors into a coherent clinical profile, Drake et al (33,41,42) noted that schizophrenic patients who kill themselves tend to be younger and to have good premorbid functioning and high self-expectations for performance. Suffering from a recurrent illness with numerous relapses, they find themselves neither able to achieve these expectations nor able to relinquish them and accept the limitations and disabilities imposed by mental illness.…”

Exploratory Study of the Association Between Insight and Theory of Mind (Tom) in Stable Schizophrenia Patients

“…En cuanto a la asociación con subtipos de síntomas, parece existir una relación negativa pequeña entre insight y sintomatología tanto positiva como negativa y global 24 . Por otro lado, aunque la relación entre riesgo de suicidio y conciencia de trastorno es compleja, parece haber una asociación entre la falta de conciencia de trastorno y un mayor riesgo de suicidio en algunos pacientes [25][26][27] .…”

Suicide and schizophrenia: a nationwide psychological autopsy study on age- and sex-specific clinical characteristics of 92 suicide victims with schizophrenia

“…Some studies, however, have shown an increased rate of suicide mortality over the span of the illness (24). Comorbid depressive symptoms, alcoholism, previous suicide attempts, and communication of suicidal intent have been associated with suicide risk (15,17,(19)(20)(21). These, as well as some physical disorders, have also been found to be associated with suicide in the general population (25).…”