TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Suicide risk in depression and bipolar disorder: do impulsiveness-aggressiveness and pharmacotherapy predict suicidal intent?
JO  - Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
A1  - Pompili, Maurizio
A1  - Innamorati, Marco
A1  - Raja, M.
A1  - Falcone, Ilaria
A1  - Ducci, Giuseppe
A1  - Angeletti, Gloria
A1  - Lester, David
A1  - Girardi, Paolo
A1  - Tatarelli, Roberto
A1  - De Pisa, Eleonora
SP  - 247
EP  - 255
VL  - 4
IS  - 1
N2  - The aims of the present study were to examine clinical, personality, and sociodemographic predictors of suicide risk in a sample of inpatients affected by major affective disorders. The participants were 74 inpatients affected by major depressive disorder or bipolar disorder-I. Patients completed a semi-structured interview, the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the Aggression Questionnaire, the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale, and the Hamilton scales for depression and anxiety. Over 52% of the patients were high suicide risks. Those at risk reported more severe depressive-anxious symptomatology, more impulsivity and more hostility. Impulsivity, the use of antidepressants, anxiety/somatization, and the use of mood stabilizers (a negative predictor) resulted in accurate predicting of suicide intent. Impulsivity and antidepressant use were the strongest predictors even after controlling for several sociodemographic and clinical variables.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1176-6328
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -