TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Prediction of repeated parasuicide after 1-12 months
JO  - European psychiatry
A1  - Ojehagen, A.
A1  - Cedereke, Marie
A1  - Cedereke, Marie
SP  - 101
EP  - 109
VL  - 20
IS  - 2
N2  - To investigate predictors for repetition of suicide attempts 1-12 months after a suicide attempt. Subjects and methods. - Two hundred and sixteen patients who had made a suicide attempt were investigated after 1 month, and 178 were followed up again after 12 months. Results. - During 1-12 months after the suicide attempt, 30 patients reattempted suicide (repeaters). During 0-1 month 13 patients had reattempted suicide (early repeaters), and nine of them also repeated between 1 and 12 months. Repeaters had more often made three or more attempts before index attempt, they more often were in treatment at the index attempt and at 1 month they had lower global functioning and higher suicide ideation. In a Cox Regression analysis two predictors for repetition between 1 and 12 months remained significant; early repetition (OR 6.7, 95% CI, 3.0-14.9) and having GAF-scores below 49 (median cut-off) (OR 3.4 (95% CI, 1.5-7.5). Conclusion. - Our findings suggest that repetitive behaviour in itself is a strong predictor of future attempts. Strategies focusing on the repetitive behaviour are warranted.
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SN  - 0924-9338
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2004.09.008
ID  - ref1
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