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Melancholia and the probability and lethality of suicide attempts

Year: 2004

Type: article

Abstract: We compared suicide attempts associated with melancholic v. non-melancholic major depression in 377 patients. Controlling for depression severity and other covariates, melancholia at baseline assessment was associated with more serious past suicide attempts and with the probability of suicide attempt during follow-up.

Source: The British Journal of Psychiatry

DOI: 10.1192/bjp.184.6.534

Authors: Michael F. Grunebaum, Hanga C. Galfalvy, Maria A. Oquendo, Ainsley K. Burke, J. John Mann

Institutions: New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University

Language: English

Topic: Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health