Second Suicide Attempt Likely to Succeed in People with Psychiatric Disorders


	Second Suicide Attempt Likely to Succeed in People with Psychiatric Disorders

dmegivern

11-24-2008 10:49 AM

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11-24-2008 12:00 PM

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The number 1 risk factor for attempting suicide is having previously attempted it.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/cf154444-d19a-427d-97a1-21e8702ff643/70F0F7CF-1E16-46D3-9126-30DBF027ABD3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/11851" href="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/11851" style="font-size: 11px;">www.medpagetoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/11851"><H1>Second Suicide Try May Succeed if Psychiatric Disorders Are Present</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/11851"> Following an unsuccessful suicide attempt, patients with psychopathologies are more likely to succeed on a second try than those without such disorders, a long-term cohort study showed.
              </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/11851"><P>The risk was highest within one year of hospitalization for a previous attempt. For patients with bipolar and unipolar disorder, 63.8% of suicides in men and 42.3% in women occurred in this time frame.
              </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.medpagetoday.com/Psychiatry/GeneralPsychiatry/11851"><P>For schizophrenia patients, 56.2% of suicides in men and 53.9% in women occurred during the first year following an attempt.
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