Antidepressant Therapy in Severe Depression May Have Different Effects on Ego-Dystonic and Ego-Syntonic Suicidal Ideation

Table 1

Ego-dystonic and ego-syntonic suicidal ideation related to treatment by contact and gender.

	Men 𝑁=44			Women 𝑁=56
	Ego-dystonic ideation	Ego-syntonic ideation	Men total	Ego-dystonic ideation	Ego-syntonic ideation	Women total
Contact and treatment within 6 months before suicide	7	11	15	3	13	17
Contact and no treatment within 6 months before suicide	0	6	7	6	10	12
No contact before suicide	5	17	22	3	15	27
Ideation Total	12	34	44	12	38	56

(Note that one patient could have both or none of the types of ideation. Thus the rows and columns could not be totalled.)
Ego-dystonic ideation reported by men in contact and treated versus all other men: chi-square = 4.31, 𝑃<.038.
Ego-dystonic ideation reported by men in contact and treated versus in contact and untreated: Fisher’s exact test = 0.038.
Ego-dystonic ideation in men versus women in contact and treated: chi-square = 3.12, 𝑃<.077.