@article{ref1,
title="Depression type and depression severity in relation to risk of violent suicide attempt",
journal="Psychiatry research",
year="1984",
author="van Praag, H. M. and Plutchik, R.",
volume="12",
number="4",
pages="333-338",
abstract="Low levels of cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and a blunted thyroid-stimulating hormone response to thyrotropin-releasing hormone have been reported in depressed patients--in particular in those who have made violent suicide attempts. There are at least two conceivable explanations for these findings: The biological abnormalities relate to (1) disturbed aggression regulation or to (2) disturbed mood regulation (either type or severity). The second alternative presupposes that violent suicide attempts occur differentially in a particular depression type or differentially in severe depression. This study demonstrated that violent suicide attempts are &quot;depression-specific,&quot; i.e., they relate to a particular depressive syndrome, that of vital depression, but not to the severity factor. Therefore, it is impossible to decide whether the biological abnormalities in depressed, violent suicide attempters relate to a particular type of mood disorder or to a distorted regulation of aggression.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-1781",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}