%0 Journal Article
%T There is no difference in IQ between suicide and non-suicide psychiatric patients: a retrospective case-control study
%J Psychiatry investigation
%D 2015
%A Park, Sung-Jin
%A Yi, Kikyoung
%A Lee, Joon Deuk
%A Hong, Jin Pyo
%V 12
%N 3
%P 330-334
%X OBJECTIVE: The goal of this study was to examine the association between IQ and suicide in psychiatric patients. <br><br>METHODS: We conducted a nested case-control study using data obtained from psychiatric patients affiliated with a general hospital in Seoul, Korea. In a one-to-two ratio the psychiatric patients who died of suicide (Suicide Group; n=35) were matched to those who didn't (Non-suicide Group; n=70) by age, gender, psychiatric diagnosis and approximate time of first treatment. IQ was measured using the Korean version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. <br><br>RESULTS: There were no significant differences in any type of IQ between suicide patients and non-suicide patients. Logistic regression showed no evidence of an association between IQ and suicide. <br><br>CONCLUSION: These results do not support the existence of an association between IQ and suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
%@ 1738-3684
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2015.12.3.330