Suicide in Schizophrenia

Anderson, Nancy P.

doi:10.1111/j.1744-6163.1973.tb00808.x

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“…These efforts may be of particular importance for patients with schizophrenia where suicidal intent is less often directly communicated (28). Several studies (28)(29)(30)(31)(32) have found that a high percentage of patients with schizophrenia who die by suicide were seen by an apparently unsuspecting clinician within several days to a week prior to death.…”

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

Fenton

McGlashan²,

Victor³

et al. 1997

AJP

239

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

Fenton

McGlashan²,

Victor³

et al. 1997

AJP

239

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“…Not all depressed and suicidal schizophrenic patients commit suicide. There is little reliable knowledge of the clinical characteristics of those schizophrenic patients who are likely to commit suicide (Wilkinson, 1982), and it is common when treating them to miss the prediction of suicide (Anderson, 1973). A positive history of prior suicide attempts was found to be a powerful indicator of suicide in schizophrenic patients (Salama & Sizemore, 1982) and even in the general population (Salama, 1985); such a history was found for the two cases in the present study who committed suicide within a year of their discharge.…”

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Depression and Suicide in Schizophrenic Patients

Salama

1988

Suicide & Life Threat Behav

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This study supports the idea that schizophrenic patients represent a distinctive subgroup of patients who can suffer from a major depressive illness and also can commit suicide. The study showed that 22.4% of the schizophrenic population in a medium-sized psychiatric facility showed severe depressive symptoms that met the criteria for the diagnosis of a major depressive episode according to the DSM-III classification. Seven patients committed suicide during the acute phase of the illness--five during hospitalization, and two within a year of discharge. Nine patients attempted suicide during the hospitalization period, and 10 attempted suicide within a year of discharge. Nearly one-third (215) of the patients were readmitted during that year because of a recurrence of acute schizophrenic symptoms; of these, 84 were having severe depressive symptoms. The study also provides indications of the causes of suicide in these patients.

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The One-to-One Nurse-Patient Relationship

Lego¹

2009

Perspectives in Psychiatric Care

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Suicide in Schizophrenia

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

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

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

Depression and Suicide in Schizophrenic Patients

The One-to-One Nurse-Patient Relationship

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