Review Article
Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Behaviour in Delusional Disorder: A Clinical Overview
Table 1
Summary of prospective, retrospective, and cross-sectional studies on suicidal behaviour in delusional disorder.
| (Number of study) author and year | Setting | Country | Study design | Sample size, DD () | Sex (female/male) | Mean age (SD) | Assessment tools (depression, suicide) | Suicidal ideation (%) | Suicide attempts (%) | Suicide risk (%) | Presence of depression (%) | Treatment on antidepressants (%) |
| (1) Wustmann et al. 2011 [13] | Inpatient | Germany | Cross-sectional and longitudinal | 43 | 21/22 | 46.9 (13.2) | BPRS, AMDP system | NA | 7 (21.2) | NA | 24 (55.8) | 17 (39.5) | (1) Wustmann et al. 2012 [14] | Inpatient | Germany | Cross-sectional and longitudinal | 43 | 21/22 | 46.9 (13.2) | BPRS, AMDP system | NA | 7 (21.2) | NA | 24 (55.8) | 17 (39.5) | (2) de Portugal et al. 2010 [15] | Outpatient | Spain | Cross-sectional | 86 | 53/33 | 54 (14.4) | MADRS, MINI, PANSS | NA | NA | 13 (15.1) | 41 (47.7) | 35 (40.7) | (2) de Portugal et al. 2009 [16] | Outpatient | Spain | Cross-sectional | 86 | 53/33 | 54 (14.4) | MADRS, MINI, PANSS | NA | 118 (20.9) | 13 (15.1) | 41 (47.7) | NA | (3) Yang et al. 2001 [17] | Inpatient | China | Cross-sectional | 80 | NA | NA (Elderly) | Inpatient records review | NA | 11 (13.75) | NA | NA | NA | (4) Hsiao et al. 1999 [18] | Outpatient | China | Retrospective | 86 | 42/44 | 42.4 (15.41) | Medical record review | NA | 7 (8.14) | NA | 37 (43) | NA | (5) Yang et al. 2001 [17] | Inpatient |
China | Cross-sectional | 13 | 12/1 | 71.3 (9.0) | Interview | NA | 0 (0) | NA | 3 (23) | 0 |
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DD: delusional disorder, SD: standard deviation, BPRS: Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale, MINI: mini-international neuropsychiatric interview, NA: not available, and MADRS: Montgomery Asberg Depression Rating Scale.
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