Association between cerebral ventricular enlargement and suicide attempts in chronic schizophrenia
- 1 March 1984
- journal article
- Published by American Psychiatric Association Publishing in American Journal of Psychiatry
- Vol. 141 (3) , 438-439
- https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.141.3.438
Abstract
The ventricular-brain ratios (VBRs) of 32 chronic schizophrenic men were determined by CAT scan. Ten of the 12 patients with VBRs above 8.4% had made suicide attempts, compared with two of the 20 patients with VBRs below 8.4%.Keywords
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