TY - JOUR
T1 - Attempted suicide in older depressed patients
T2 - Effect of cognitive functioning
AU - Upadhyaya, Ajaya K.
AU - Conwell, Yeates
AU - Duberstein, Paul R.
AU - Denning, Diane
AU - Cox, Christopher
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported in part by National Institute of Mental Health (Bethesda, MD) grants MH 21201 (Dr. Conwell) and MH 18911 (Dr. Upadhyaya), and MH0113 .
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - The authors explored cognitive functioning and suicidal behavior in older depressed patients. Inpatients age 50 years or older (N =103) with major depression, 45 of whom had attempted suicide, were evaluated within 1 week of their hospital admission. Measures of suicidal behavior included suicide attempter status, the Suicide Intent Scale (SIS), ratings of method used (violent/nonviolent), and seriousness of injuries sustained (lethality). The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score measured cognitive impairment; covariates were age, gender, and living arrangement. The MMSE score was not associated with suicide attempter status, but for attempters, MMSE score showed a positive association with SIS score, but not method or lethality. Findings suggest that although cognitive disturbance may be associated ivith less-deliberate acts among older depressed suicide attempters, it does not appear to influence the potential lethality of their behavior.
AB - The authors explored cognitive functioning and suicidal behavior in older depressed patients. Inpatients age 50 years or older (N =103) with major depression, 45 of whom had attempted suicide, were evaluated within 1 week of their hospital admission. Measures of suicidal behavior included suicide attempter status, the Suicide Intent Scale (SIS), ratings of method used (violent/nonviolent), and seriousness of injuries sustained (lethality). The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) score measured cognitive impairment; covariates were age, gender, and living arrangement. The MMSE score was not associated with suicide attempter status, but for attempters, MMSE score showed a positive association with SIS score, but not method or lethality. Findings suggest that although cognitive disturbance may be associated ivith less-deliberate acts among older depressed suicide attempters, it does not appear to influence the potential lethality of their behavior.
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U2 - 10.1097/00019442-199911000-00007
DO - 10.1097/00019442-199911000-00007
M3 - Article
C2 - 10521164
AN - SCOPUS:0032884576
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 7
SP - 317
EP - 320
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 4
ER -