A Current Perspective of Suicide and Attempted Suicide
Abstract
Suicide and suicide attempts are a major cause of death and morbidity worldwide. Suicide is generally a complication of a psychiatric disorder, but it requires additional risk factors because most psychiatric patients never attempt suicide. This review includes a hypothesized stress-diathesis model, which has implications for detection of high-risk patients and treatment interventions, and discusses promising treatment approaches that have been recently identified.
Article and Author Information
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Acknowledgments: The author thanks Drs. Victoria Arango, Mark Underwood, and Kevin Malone for ideas and suggestions.
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Grant Support: By the National Institute of Mental Health (MH46745, MH48514, MH40210, MH56390).
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Requests for Single Reprints: J. John Mann, MD, Department of Neuroscience, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1051 Riverside Drive, Box 42, New York, NY 10032; e-mail, jjm{at}columbia.edu.
- Copyright ©2004 by the American College of Physicians
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