Table 2.
Affective disorders and suicide risk
Lifetime prevalence of suicide in patients | |
• Hospitalized at some time in their life for suicidality | 8.6% |
• Affective disorders inpatients | 4.0% |
• Affective disorders outpatients | 2.2% |
• No affective illness | <0.5% |
Compiled from data in reference 8.