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. 2002 Oct;1(3):181–185.

Table 1.

Diagnoses of mental disorders in cases of suicide in psychiatric inpatient and general populations

Psychiatric inpatient population General population

One diagnosis One and multiple diagnoses
(7424 cases) (8205 cases)

Disorder Diagnoses % Diagnoses %
Mood disorders 1545 20.8 4405 35.8
Substance-related disorders 725 9.8 2754 22.4
Schizophrenia 1481 19.9 1306 10.6
Personality disorders 1129 15.2 1432 11.6
Organic mental disorders 1115 15.0 128 1.0
Other psychotic disorders 769 10.4 43 0.3
Anxiety/somatoform disorders 187 2.5 755 6.1
Adjustment disorder 3 0.0 448 3.6
Other DSM axis I diagnosis 460 6.2 633 5.1
No diagnosis 130 0.1 388 3.2

Total 7424 100.0 12292 100.0