Table 2. Suicide attempt and violent offending in offspring in relation to having at least 1 parent affected by a specific psychiatric diagnosis or a history of suicide attempt a.
Parental psychiatric diagnosis or suicide attempt | IRR (95% CI) | |
---|---|---|
Suicide attempt | Violent offending | |
Any mental disorders | 2.53 (2.47-2.58) | 2.25 (2.21-2.30) |
Organic mental disorders | 2.20 (2.05-2.35) | 1.91 (1.78-2.04) |
Dementia in Alzheimer disease | 1.79 (1.45-2.17) | 1.18 (0.92-1.48) |
Vascular dementia | 1.42 (1.03-1.91) | 1.70 (1.27-2.23) |
Any substance use disorders | 2.93 (2.84-3.01) | 2.87 (2.80-2.94) |
Alcohol misuse | 2.85 (2.76-2.93) | 2.76 (2.68-2.84) |
Cannabis misuse | 3.57 (3.25-3.92) | 4.05 (3.72-4.39) |
Broadly-defined schizophrenia b | 2.11 (2.01-2.22) | 1.86 (1.78-1.95) |
Narrowly-defined schizophrenia c | 2.35 (2.16-2.55) | 2.01 (1.85-2.18) |
Schizoaffective disorder | 2.10 (1.81-2.41) | 1.55 (1.33-1.79) |
Mood disorders | 2.04 (1.97-2.10) | 1.64 (1.59-1.70) |
Bipolar disorder | 1.58 (1.45-1.72) | 1.35 (1.24-1.46) |
Recurrent depressive disorder | 1.88 (1.78-1.99) | 1.53 (1.44-1.62) |
Single and recurrent depressive disorders | 2.00 (1.93-2.07) | 1.62 (1.57-1.68) |
Anxiety and somatoform disorders | 2.62 (2.56-2.69) | 2.34 (2.28-2.40) |
Obsessive-compulsive disorder | 1.89 (1.53-2.30) | 1.32 (1.04-1.64) |
Specific personality disorders | 2.62 (2.55-2.70) | 2.31 (2.25-2.38) |
Borderline type personality disorder | 2.86 (2.59-3.16) | 2.36 (2.13-2.61) |
Antisocial personality disorder | 3.96 (3.72-4.21) | 3.62 (3.41-3.84) |
Attempted suicide | 3.42 (3.29-3.55) | 3.31 (3.19-3.44) |
Abbreviation: IRR, incidence rate ratio.
Adjusted for offspring sex and age, calendar year, and the interactions between these variables. Reference group: neither parent had the particular exposure of interest.
Schizophrenia and related disorders.
Schizophrenia only.