suicidal patient

suicidal patient

Psychiatry A Pt at ↑ risk of committing suicide in the near future Risk factors–♂: ≥ age 60, widowed, divorced, white, Native American, living alone, unemployed or having financial difficulties, substance abuse Risk factors–♀: panic attacks, severe anhedonia, anxiety, hopelessness; 90% of Pts who commit suicide have a psychiatric disease, usually depression and/or alcohol abuse High-risk conditions Bipolar disorder, schizophrenia. See Suicide.