Ethnicity and suicide attempt: analysis in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

BMC Psychiatry

Vincenzo De Luca¹  James L Kennedy²  Gina Polsinelli¹  Ali Bani-Fatemi¹ 

[1]Group for Suicide Studies, CAMH, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, 250 College St., M5T 1R8 Toronto, ON, Canada

[2]Neurogenetics, CAMH, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

关键词: Schizoaffective disorder;    Bipolar disorder;    Schizophrenia;    Suicide attempt;    Ethnicity;   

Others  :  1218935
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-244X-13-252

 received in 2013-03-07, accepted in 2013-09-26,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Evidence is mixed as to whether White Europeans are at a higher risk for suicide attempts or completions compared to other ethnic groups. The present analysis assessed whether risk for suicide attempt was associated with White European ethnicity in 907 subjects with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

Methods

Subjects were diagnosed using the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV, and ethnicity was determined by self-report. Subjects were recruited from psychiatric care centers in Toronto, Canada. Logistic regression correcting for clinical covariates like age, gender and diagnosis, was used in this study.

Results

We found no difference in suicide attempter status in white and non-white subjects who were diagnosed with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.

Conclusion

Our study does not support the evidence that White-European patients in North America are at higher risk for suicide attempt compared to non-European descent subjects. However, this result has to be replicated in larger studies in patients with these disorders.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Bani-Fatemi et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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