@article{ref1,
title="Patterns of co-morbidity in male suicide completers",
journal="Psychological medicine",
year="2003",
author="Kim, C. and Lesage, A. and Séguin, M. and Chawky, N. and Vanier, C. and Lipp, O. and Turecki, G.",
volume="33",
number="7",
pages="1299-1309",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Psychiatric co-morbidity is thought to be an important problem in suicide, but it has been little investigated. This study aims to investigate patterns of co-morbidity in a group of male suicide completers. METHOD: One hundred and fifteen male suicide completers from the Greater Montreal Area and 82 matched community controls were assessed using proxy-based diagnostic interviews. Patterns of co-morbidity were investigated using latent class analysis. RESULTS: Three subgroups of male suicide completers were identified (L2 = 171.62, df = 2012, P < 0.05). they differed significantly in the amount of co-morbidity (Kruskal-Wallis chi2 = 71.227, df = 2. P < 0.000) and exhibited different diagnostic profiles. Co-morbidity was particularly found in subjects with disorders characterized by impulsive and impulsive-aggressive traits, whereas subjects without those traits had levels of co-morbidity which were not significantly different from those of controls (chi2 = 8.17, df = 4, P = 0.086). CONCLUSIONS: Suicide completers can be divided into at least three subgroups according to co-morbidity: a low co-morbidity group, a substance-dependent group and a group exhibiting childhood onset of psychopathology.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2917",
doi="10.1017/s0033291703008146",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0033291703008146"
}