@article{ref1,
title="Effect of psychosis on suicide risk in 1,593 patients with unipolar and bipolar affective disorders",
journal="American journal of psychiatry",
year="1988",
author="Black, D. W. and Winokur, G. and Nasrallah, A.",
volume="145",
number="7",
pages="849-852",
abstract="The authors report suicide risk among 1,593 patients with major depression or bipolar disorder, 443 (27.8%) of whom were psychotic (260 bipolar and 183 unipolar). The subjects were followed for 0-14 years, and their suicide experience was compared with that of the state population. Eight (19.5%) of the 41 suicide victims were from the psychotic group. The psychotic and nonpsychotic subjects in each diagnostic group had similar risks for suicide. A higher risk for suicide was not found in the bipolar subjects. The authors conclude that among patients with major affective disorder psychosis per se does not predispose to suicide.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0002-953X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}