TY - JOUR PY - 2015// TI - Relationship between disease severity and suicidal ideation: Comparison of major depression, bipolar depression and bipolar mania JO - Indian journal of public health research and development A1 - Barua, S. A1 - Ray, P. A1 - Chakraborty, S. A1 - Bhattacharjee, S. SP - 69 EP - 73 VL - 6 IS - 4 N2 - Context: Suicide, the self murder, is often carried out as a result of despair, the cause of which is frequently attributed to a psychiatric disorder. Depression is the most prevalent condition, found in the background of suicide. Other mood disorders like bipolar affective disorders are also found frequently. Suicidal ideation, a major precursor of attempted and completed suicide, is a measure to predict future suicide. Aims: To compare suicidal behaviour of major depressive disorder and bipolar affective disorder and to find correlation between disease severity and suicidal ideation. Settings and Design: A cross-sectional study in a tertiary medical college, comprising of total 200 patients with the diagnosis of various mood disorder (Major depression, Bipolar depression and Bipolar mania) Results: Bipolar, depressed patients had higher severity of depression (mean-37.04 ±5.123), statistical positive correlation found between BSI Score and BDI Score (value- +0.700) (p=0.000) and statistical negative correlation found between BSI Score and YMRS Score (value- -0.314) (p=0.026) Conclusions: With increase in depression severity suicidal ideation increases and with increase in manic severity suicidal ideation decreases. © 2015 Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development. All rights reserved.

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LA - en SN - 0976-0245 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5958/0976-5506.2015.00201.6 ID - ref1 ER -