Suicide and schizophrenia: a nationwide psychological autopsy study on age- and sex-specific clinical characteristics of 92 suicide victims with schizophrenia

Abstract

Suicide may occur at any point during the course of schizophrenia. The results indicate clinically important variation in depression, alcoholism, and suicide methods among suicide victims with schizophrenia. This suggestion of age- and sex-specific risk factors for suicide in schizophrenia needs further investigation.