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Prevalence and Clinical Correlates of and Cognitive Function at the Time of Suicide Attempts in First-Episode and Drug-Naive Patients With Schizophrenia

DOI

38

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0

References

2018

Year

Xiangyang Zhang, Xiangdong Du, Guangzhong Yin, Yingyang Zhang, Dachun Chen, Meihong Xiu, Changhong Wang, Ruilong Zhang, Ryan M. Cassidy, Yuping Ning,
The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Abstract

FEDN patients with schizophrenia attempt suicide more often than the general population. The suicidal patients were more likely to smoke, had lower severity of negative symptoms, and showed better attention than nonsuicidal patients.