TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Depressed inpatients, electrodermal reactivity, and suicide - a study about psychophysiology of suicidal behavior
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Wolfersdorf, Manfred G.
A1  - Straub, R.
A1  - Barg, T
A1  - Keller, Ferdinand
A1  - Kaschka, Wolfgang P.
SP  - 1
EP  - 10
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
N2  - This study deals with the psychophysiological (electrodermal reactivity in a habituation experiment, habituation score) basis of suicidal behaviour. It shows habituation data of 30 suicides with violent method compared to age- and sex-matched control groups with different suicidal expressions, on a large database of a total sample of 504 depressed inpatients. The major finding of a significantly reduced electrodermal reactivity (habituation score) in suicidal action versus suicidal thinking confirms early results but in a comprehensive large sample. Also, it confirms our clinical hypothesis of a biological basis of suicidal action, specially in suicidal acts with violent methods.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811119908258311
ID  - ref1
ER  -