Different Characteristics Associated with Suicide Attempts Among Bipolar I Versus Bipolar II Disorder Patients

• Published in: Journal of psychiatric research Vol. 76; pp. 94 - 100
• Main Authors: Goffin, Kathryn C., BA, Dell’Osso, Bernardo, MD, Miller, Shefali, MD, Wang, Po W., MD, Holtzman, Jessica N., BA, Hooshmand, Farnaz, MD, Ketter, Terence A., MD
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Bipolar Disorder - classification; Bipolar Disorder - psychology; Bipolar I disorder (BDI); Bipolar II disorder (BDII); Childhood onset; Comorbidity; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Longitudinal Studies; Male; Middle Aged; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Psychiatry; Retrospective Studies; Suicide attempts; Suicide, Attempted - psychology; Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data; Suicide attempts; Bipolar I Disorder (BDI); comorbidity; depression; childhood onset; Bipolar II Disorder (BDII); Bipolar I disorder (BDI); Childhood onset; Depression; Bipolar II disorder (BDII); Comorbidity

Abstract Background Suicide attempts are common in patients with bipolar disorder (BD), and consistently associated with female gender and certain unfavorable BD illness characteristics. Findings vary, however, regarding effects of BD illness subtype and yet other illness characteristics upon prior...