Characterization of schizophrenic patients who commit suicide

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Abstract
Schizophrenic patients (20) who committed suicide were compared with a randomly selected group, a sex-matched group of nonsuicidal schizophrenic patients and a group of nonschizophrenic patients who committed suicide. The schizophrenic patients who committed suicide were more often men and tended to be young, never married, non-Protestant and white. They failed to communicate their suicidal intent directly, used highly lethal suicide methods and tended not to have undergone stressful life events associated with their suicides. A thorough, case-by-case clinical assessment of potential suicidal ideation is essential with schizophrenic patients.

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