Temperamental vulnerability and suicide risk after attempted suicide. 1996

P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

The aim was to extend recent findings of suggested temperamental features in attempted suicide and to explore possible domains of vulnerability to suicide risk after attempted suicide. Fifty-four psychiatric inpatients hospitalized after a suicide attempt underwent lumbar puncture for analysis of CSF 5-HIAA concentration and also completed the Karolinska Scales of Personality (KSP) before discharge from the hospital. Suicide attempters scored high on Somatic Anxiety, Psychic Anxiety, and Muscular Tension, and low on Socialization, findings that support recent findings in suicide attempters followed up after an emergency room visit. Five patients committed early suicide, i.e., within 3 years, and the overall long-term suicide mortality after attempted suicide was 13%. There were significant correlations between survival time among early suicides and CSF 5-HIAA (r = .87; p = .054), and the following KSP scale t scores: Somatic Anxiety (r = -.96; p < .05), Impulsivity ( r = -.88; p < .05), and Socialization (r = 90; p < .05). KSP Socialization showed correlations with CSF 5-HIAA (r = .89; p = .046) among the early suicides. Features of temperamental vulnerability to suicide risk after attempted suicide might involve anxiety proneness, impulsivity, low socialization, and low CSF 5-HIAA.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010555 Personality Inventory Check list, usually to be filled out by a person about himself, consisting of many statements about personal characteristics which the subject checks. Edwards Personal Preference Schedule,Myers-Briggs Type Indicator,Indicator, Myers-Briggs Type,Inventories, Personality,Inventory, Personality,Myers Briggs Type Indicator,Personality Inventories
D005260 Female Females
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006897 Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid 5-HIAA,5-Hydroxy-3-Indoleacetic Acid,5-Hydroxyindolamine Acetic Acid,5 Hydroxy 3 Indoleacetic Acid,5 Hydroxyindolamine Acetic Acid,Acetic Acid, 5-Hydroxyindolamine,Acid, 5-Hydroxy-3-Indoleacetic,Acid, 5-Hydroxyindolamine Acetic,Acid, Hydroxyindoleacetic
D000092864 Suicide Prevention Specific strategies for averting suicides. These include mental HEALTH PROMOTION and monitoring PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING and other intervention programs targeting susceptible individuals. Suicide Awareness,Awareness, Suicide,Prevention, Suicide,Suicide Preventions
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly

Related Publications

P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
August 1995, Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
November 2001, European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
May 1995, Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
January 1989, Actas luso-espanolas de neurologia, psiquiatria y ciencias afines,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
January 1994, Suicide & life-threatening behavior,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
July 2010, BMJ (Clinical research ed.),
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
January 1970, Nordisk medicin,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
January 2014, European review for medical and pharmacological sciences,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
January 1994, L'Encephale,
P Nordström, and P Gustavsson, and G Edman, and M Asberg
January 1975, Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum,
Copied contents to your clipboard!