Citation

Sánta A, Szántó KJ, Sarlós P, Miheller P, Farkas K, Molnár T. Aliment. Pharmacol. Ther. 2020; 51(11): 1213-1214.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/apt.15708

PMID

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Abstract

We have read with great interest the recently published article by Malham et al,1 who conducted a survey to estimate the risk of cancer and mortality among paediatric IBD population. They found an increased risk of cancer and mortality in this population. Appallingly, the leading cause of death besides cancer and infections, was suicide. They found a fourfold increase in mortality rate due to suicide for paediatric IBD patients compared to the general population. This information should call attention to the importance of mental health comorbidities among IBD patients. According to the WHO, close to 800 000 people die due to suicide in every year; in Hungary the suicide rate in 2016 was 22.2/100 000 people.2

It is known that psychiatric comorbidities, like depression and anxiety are associated with IBD also in adult settings.3, 4 The prevalence of depressive symptoms and depression among IBD patients is between 20.5% and 25.8%.5, 6 Suicidal ideation is a risk factor for suicidal attempts and completed suicide. Suicidal ideation and suicide were found to be more frequent in the adult IBD population compared to the general population.7, 8 In a cross‐sectional study, suicidal ideation was experienced by 5.25% of IBD patients.7

We would like to share our experience about suicide risk among our adult IBD patients. We conducted a cross‐sectional, multicentre, self‐administered survey among Hungarian IBD patients...

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