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Predictors of suicide in major depressive disorder: a follow-up of patients seen at a specialist mood disorders unit

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 June 2014

D Hadzi-Pavlovic,
S Quinn,
G Parker,
P Mitchell,
K Wilhelm,
H Brodaty and
G Malhi
D Hadzi-Pavlovic
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
S Quinn
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
G Parker
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, AustraliaThe Black Dog Institute, Sydney, Australia
P Mitchell
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
K Wilhelm
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
H Brodaty
Affiliation:
School of Psychiatry, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
G Malhi
Affiliation:
The Black Dog Institute, Sydney, AustraliaAcademic Discipline of Psychological Medicine, Northern Clinical School, The University of Sydney, AustraliaPrince of Wales Medical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia
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Type
Abstracts from ‘Brainwaves’— The Australasian Society for Psychiatric Research Annual Meeting 2006, 6–8 December, Sydney, Australia
Information
Acta Neuropsychiatrica , Volume 18 , Issue 6 , December 2006, pp. 290
Copyright
Copyright © 2006 Blackwell Munksgaard

Background:

Suicide is a major morbidity associated with depressive disorders. The Mood Disorders Unit (MDU), a specialized tertiary referral depression clinic, is currently undertaking a long-term follow-up of patients seen between 1985 and 1995 and diagnosed with major depression.

Methods:

Death certificates and cause of death have been obtained for those in the cohort who have died. Cases of suicide will be compared with other subsets of the cohort using data from comprehensive assessments at the time of their index episode.

Results:

The number who have died in the 10–20 years since their index episode from the initial cohort of n = 1008 will be reported. Identifying cases of suicide is still being completed. Suicide rates and predictors of suicide in the cohort will be presented.

Conclusions:

Variables predicting suicide 10–20 years later in a cohort of patients referred to a tertiary referral service will be discussed.