Predictors of Suicide in First-Episode Affective and Nonaffective Psychotic Inpatients

Abstract

Patients with a first-episode psychotic disorder seemed to be a high-risk population for suicidal behavior. Depressive symptoms during the index psychotic episode and comorbidity with stimulant abuse at baseline were relevant predictive factors for suicidal behavior during the first years of first affective and nonaffective psychotic episodes.