This study evaluated the impact of comorbid OCD on suicide attempt risk and suicide methods in 990 patients with main diagnosis of BD. Two hundred and one patients (20.3%) had lifetime comorbid OCD. No significant differences were found comparing rates of lifetime suicide attempts between patients with or without comorbid OCD (30.3% vs 24.6%). In the subgroup of patients with concomitant OCD more subjects performed suicide attempts with violent methods (48.3% vs 28.7%). Therefore, our results suggest a correlation between comorbid OCD and violent suicide attempts. This finding is worthy of interest and deserves to be explored by further studies.

Impact of comorbid obsessive-compulsive disorder on suicidality in patients with bipolar disorder

Di Salvo, Gabriele
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Pessina, Enrico;Aragno, Elena;Martini, Azzurra;Albert, Umberto;Maina, Giuseppe;Rosso, Gianluca
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2020-01-01

Abstract

This study evaluated the impact of comorbid OCD on suicide attempt risk and suicide methods in 990 patients with main diagnosis of BD. Two hundred and one patients (20.3%) had lifetime comorbid OCD. No significant differences were found comparing rates of lifetime suicide attempts between patients with or without comorbid OCD (30.3% vs 24.6%). In the subgroup of patients with concomitant OCD more subjects performed suicide attempts with violent methods (48.3% vs 28.7%). Therefore, our results suggest a correlation between comorbid OCD and violent suicide attempts. This finding is worthy of interest and deserves to be explored by further studies.
2020
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0165178120308489
Bipolar illness; OCD; Suicide
Di Salvo, Gabriele; Pessina, Enrico; Aragno, Elena; Martini, Azzurra; Albert, Umberto; Maina, Giuseppe; Rosso, Gianluca
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