Table 2.
Distribution of suicide by mental disorder and personality disorder
| Male Patients (N = 126) | Female Patients (N = 194) | Analysis | ||||
| N (%) | N (%) | χ2 | df | P-value | ||
| Axis-I | ||||||
| Mood disorders | 37 (29) | 41 (21) | 5.78 | 2 | 0.056 | n.s. |
| Depressive disorders | 33 (26) | 38 (20) | ||||
| Bipolar disorders | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | ||||
| Adjustment disorders | 14 (11) | 43 (22) | 8.8 | 2 | < 0.05 | |
| Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders | 23 (18) | 31 (16) | n.s. | |||
| Substance-related disorders | 25 (20) | 11 (6) | 12.2 | 2 | < 0.01 | |
| Anxiety disorders | 4 (3) | 8 (4) | ||||
| Dissociative disorders | 0 (0) | 6 (3) | ||||
| Somatoform disorders | 1 (1) | 3 (2) | ||||
| Dementia | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | ||||
| Eating disorders | 0 (0) | 3 (2) | ||||
| Other axis I diagnosis | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | ||||
| No axis I diagnosis | 9 (7) | 37 (19) | ||||
| Insufficient information for axis I assessment | 8 (6) | 6 (3) | ||||
| Axis II | ||||||
| Personality disorders | 30 (24) | 80 (41) | 13 | 2 | < 0.01 | |
| Mental retardation | 4 (3) | 2 (1) | ||||
| No axis II diagnosis | 84 (67) | 106 (55) | ||||
| Insufficient information for axis II assessment | 8 (6) | 6 (3) | ||||
Some subjects had more than one diagnosis. But one primary dignosis only were listed on Axis I and II