Medine Yazici Güleç, Leman Ýnanç, Ömer Yanartaþ, Ahmet Üzer, Hüseyin Güleç
OBJECTIVE: Previous studies have shown that the ratio of suicide attempts is between 19.6 and 34.2% in patients with conversion disorder (CD), yet few studies have addressed this issue. The present study compared demographic and clinical variables and predictors of suicide attempts in patients with CD. METHODS: A total of 100 consecutive patients were recruited and divided into groups according to their history of suicide attempts. Socio-demographic variables such as economic status, age, gender, educational level, marital status, clinical variables such as the presence of psychiatric disorder in family, substance abuse, risky alcohol use, age of onset, subtype of CD, number of hospitalization were recorded...
April 2014: Comprehensive Psychiatry