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Does duration of depression predict suicidality?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 April 2020
Abstract
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Background
To describe the associations between depression and suicidality in the general population.
Methods
Data were derived from the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study (NEMESIS), a prospective epidemiologic study of a representative sample of 7076 adults aged 18-64, interviewed in three waves (baseline, one year and three years after baseline) with the CIDI.
Results
3% of the population reported suicidal thoughts and 1% a suicidal act in the past year. women were more at risk then men (RR=1.83). Suicidal thoughts were associated with mood disorders (RR= 12.09), especially dysthymia (RR = 26.42). The same associations were found for suicidal acts (mood disorders RR= 11.9; dysthyma = 45.6). Incident suicidal thoughts (in three years time) were reported by 2.7% of the population and new suicidal acts by 0.8%. Bipolar disorder was strongly related to new suicidal acts.
Suicidality is persistent for almost 30% of those affected over a period of one year.
Conclusions
From the mood disorders, dysthymia is mostly correlated with suicidality. This raises the question whether suicidality is more related to duration of the depressive disorder than severity.
- Type
- S33. Symposium: Mortality and Mental Disorders: Suicide and Beyond
- Information
- European Psychiatry , Volume 22 , Issue S1: 15th AEP Congress - Abstract book - 15th AEP Congress , March 2007 , pp. S53
- Copyright
- Copyright © European Psychiatric Association 2007
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