Citation

Pallis DJ, Barraclough BM, Levey AB, Jenkins JS, Sainsbury P. Br. J. Psychiatry 1982; 141: 37-44.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1982, Royal College of Psychiatry)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7116070

Abstract

A discriminant function analysis was carried out to separate a sample of 75 suicides from a sample of 146 attempted suicides, on which comprehensive clinical and social data were recorded on an identical schedule. Two sets of discriminating items (with 18 and 6 variables) correctly classified 91 per cent and 83 per cent of the two samples in their respective groups. The results provide a basis for examining the usefulness of these variables as predictors of future suicide in people who have attempted suicide.

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