Suicide, suicidality and suicide prevention in affective disorders

H.‐J. Möller

127 citations0/0 files storedActa Psychiatrica Scandinavica

No readable copy stored yet — this record is metadata only.

No open-access location is known for this record yet.

Literature note Cite in a project Citation map

Suicide and Self-Harm Studies Treatment of Major Depression Bipolar Disorder and Treatment

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: It is well known that functional psychiatric disorders are one of the main causes of suicidal behaviour. This paper discusses the epidemiology and risk factors of suicidal behaviour in affective disorders and goes on to describe the treatment and prevention of such suicidal behaviour. METHOD: A narrative overview of relevant epidemiological and drug studies. RESULTS: About 60-70% of patients with acute depression experience suicidal ideas. There is a high incidence of suicide (10-15%) in depressive patients. Psychopharmacological treatment with antidepressants and/or mood stabilizers is the most successful approach to avoid the risk of suicidal behaviour. In addition, psychotherapeutic and psychosocial interventions are of importance. CONCLUSION: Suicidal behaviour and suicide must be considered when treating patients with affective disorders. The complex causation of suicidality has to be borne in mind when considering methods of suicide prevention. In order to obtain the best results, psychosocial, psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological approaches should be combined, depending on the risk factors of each individual patient.

Paper brief

Loading…

Cite this work

Citation unavailable for this work.

BibTeX RIS CSL-JSON

No public copy is stored for this record, so only the metadata is cited.

Citations in this library

Citation map →

Stored only when both papers are in the corpus — 127 citations exist upstream.

References

1997Suicide as an outcome for mental disorders 1998Excess mortality of mental disorder 1970Suicide and Primary Affective Disorders 1981Monoamine Metabolites in CSF and Suicidal Behavior 1998Lifetime risk of suicide for affective disorder, alcoholism and schizophrenia 1990Emergence of intense suicidal preoccupation during fluoxetine treatment 1996Lifetime rates of suicide attempts among subjects with bipolar and unipolar disorders relative to subjects with other axis I disorders 2000Effects of a clinical-practice guideline and practice-based education on detection and outcome of depression in primary care: Hampshire Depression Project randomised controlled trial

Cited by

2009Clinical correlates of the worsening or emergence of suicidal ideation during SSRI treatment of depression: An examination of citalopram in the STAR⁎D study 2015From the Outside Looking In: Sense of Belonging, Depression, and Suicide Risk 2008Subjective psychological well-being (WHO-5) in assessment of the severity of suicide attempt 2008Do SSRIs or antidepressants in general increase suicidality?

Explore the map →

Papers that cite the same references — the relational fallback while embeddings are still backfilling.

Imported from OpenAlex (CC0) — nothing here is generated.