TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2005//
TI  - Clinical Features of Suicide Attempts After Traumatic Brain Injury
JO  - Journal of nervous and mental disease
A1  - Simpson, Grahame
A1  - Tate, Robyn
SP  - 680
EP  - 685
VL  - 193
IS  - 10
N2  - This study documents demographic, clinical and temporal parameters for suicide attempts after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Clinical interviews and a medical file review were conducted with an outpatient sample (N = 172), identifying 45 clients (26.2%) who had collectively made a lifetime total of 80 suicide attempts. Data were collected on postinjury psychopathology, current hopelessness, and suicide ideation, as well as historical data about the attempts. The sample (N = 43, missing data N = 2) had a lifetime prevalence of 1.86 attempts, with 19 clients (44.2%) making repeat attempts. The majority (70%) of the attempts were made postinjury. Medical attention was provided in 60.7% of attempts. The odds ratio found that respondents with a comorbid postinjury history of psychiatric/emotional disturbance and substance abuse were 21 times more likely to have made an attempt post-TBI compared with respondents with no such history. The findings can inform suicide prevention initiatives among people with TBI.
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SN  - 0022-3018
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -