TY - JOUR PY - 1979// TI - A six-year follow-up study of 100 patients who attempted suicide JO - Archiv fur Psychiatrie und Nervenkrankheiten A1 - Pino, R. A1 - Kockott, G. A1 - Feuerlein, W. SP - 213 EP - 226 VL - 227 IS - 3 N2 - This follow-up study assesses further suicidal risk and discusses the characteristics of patients who have repeatedly attempted suicide. Depth of coma alone due to overdose of medication does not seem to be a sufficient criterion for the assessment of further suicidal risk. Better predictors seem to be: age, family status, degree of loneliness and social disintegration, presence of existential anxiety, and lack of self-assertiveness. Patients who made repeated suicide attempts had a higher neuroticism score, were more often alcohol- and drug-dependent, and came more often from a broken home. Finally, the characteristics of various patient groups are delineated.

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