Exploring Personality Features in Patients with Affective Disorders and History of Suicide Attempts: A Comparative Study with Their Parents and Control Subjects

Table 1

Demographic and clinical characteristics of the sample.

Characteristics	Suicide attempt	Parents	Controls
Gender
Female	40 (81.6%)	46 (50.5%)	66 (74.2%)
Male	9 (18.4%)	47 (49.5%)	23 (25.8%)
Age (mean ± DS, years)	24.3±6.1	51.3±9.0	35.7±9.5
School education (mean ± DS, years)	12.2±2.3	10.8±3.1	12.04±2.5
Major depression disorder	38 (77.5%)	14 (15%)	0
Dysthymia	11 (22.4%)	0	0
Age of illness onset (mean ± DS, years)	20.3±6.4	—	—
Previous psychiatric hospitalizations	14 (28%)	—	—
Substance abuse disorder	25 (51%)	36 (38.7%)	0
Suicidal behavior
Number of suicide attempts (mean ± DS)	2.0±1.0	1.0±0.2	—
Suicide attempt method
Medications	32 (65.3%)	14 (15%)	—
Stabbing weapons	11 (22.5%)	—	—
Hanging	6 (12.2%)	—	—