Study on suicide in depressed inpatients

Seventy-five depressed clinical suicides were compared with 50 depressed non-suicide clinical controls, using the method of stepwise logistic regression analysis. A set of the six best discriminating variables was identified, which comprised male sex, suicidal behavior at index admission and during index hospitalization, number of previous psychiatric hospitalizations, broken home and social exits. These factors should be taken into consideration when estimating suicidal danger in all types of depressed inpatients.