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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.
