TY - JOUR
T1 - Patterns of Comorbidity of Suicide Attempters
T2 - An Update
AU - Blasco-Fontecilla, Hilario
AU - Rodrigo-Yanguas, Maria
AU - Giner, Lucas
AU - Lobato-Rodriguez, Maria Jose
AU - de Leon, Jose
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2016/10/1
Y1 - 2016/10/1
N2 - Between 10 and 20 million people attempt suicide every year worldwide, and suicide attempts represent a major economic burden. Suicide attempters suffer from high rates of comorbidity, and comorbidity is the rule in suicide re-attempters. Comorbidity complicates treatment and prognosis and causes a more protracted course. In the present narrative review, we included these patterns of comorbidity: intra-Axis I disorders, intra-Axis II disorders, Axis I with Axis II disorders, and psychiatric with physical illnesses. We also briefly reviewed the patterns of comorbidity in suicide re-attempters. We concluded that comorbidity at different levels appears to be the rule in suicide attempters, particularly in those who re-attempt. However, several issues deserve further research regarding the patterns of comorbidity in suicide attempters.
AB - Between 10 and 20 million people attempt suicide every year worldwide, and suicide attempts represent a major economic burden. Suicide attempters suffer from high rates of comorbidity, and comorbidity is the rule in suicide re-attempters. Comorbidity complicates treatment and prognosis and causes a more protracted course. In the present narrative review, we included these patterns of comorbidity: intra-Axis I disorders, intra-Axis II disorders, Axis I with Axis II disorders, and psychiatric with physical illnesses. We also briefly reviewed the patterns of comorbidity in suicide re-attempters. We concluded that comorbidity at different levels appears to be the rule in suicide attempters, particularly in those who re-attempt. However, several issues deserve further research regarding the patterns of comorbidity in suicide attempters.
KW - Comorbidity
KW - Major repetition
KW - Re-attempters
KW - Suicide attempters
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U2 - 10.1007/s11920-016-0733-y
DO - 10.1007/s11920-016-0733-y
M3 - Review article
C2 - 27595859
AN - SCOPUS:84985931091
SN - 1523-3812
VL - 18
JO - Current Psychiatry Reports
JF - Current Psychiatry Reports
IS - 10
M1 - 93
ER -