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. 1992 Oct-Dec;34(4):298–310.

EVALUATION OF SUICIDAL RISK IN DEPRESSIVES AND SCHIZOPHRENICS : A 2-YEAR FOLLOW-UP STUDY

SC Gupta 1,✉, Harjeet Singh 2, JK Trivedi 3
PMCID: PMC2982965  PMID: 21776136

Abstract

A very high prevalence of psychiatric morbidity among the persons attempting or committing suicide has been observed by several investigators (Barraclough et al, 1974; Beck et al, 1990; Drake et al, 1985). In a study of attempted suicide Morgan et al. (1975) reported neurotic depression in 52%, personality disorder in 29% functional psychosis in 12% and alcohol addiction in 10%. Silver et al. (1971) found 80% of the attempters having depressive features. Likewise, Barracloughf1974) found 93% of the suicide being mentally ill, depression accounting for 70%.

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