Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · Dec 2011
Psychiatric diagnosis in late adolescence and long-term risk of suicide and suicide attempt.
To investigate the associations between psychiatric diagnosis in late adolescence in an unselected population and subsequent suicide attempt and suicide during 36-year follow-up. ⋯ Psychiatric diagnoses made in late adolescence predicted subsequent suicide and suicide attempt over a 36-year follow-up period. The increased relative risks were not limited to young adulthood but were also evident 18-36 years after conscription examination.
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Acta Psychiatr Scand · Dec 2011
Positive and negative life events and personality traits in predicting course of depression and anxiety.
To examine the prognostic value of personality dimensions and negative and positive life events for diagnostic and symptom course trajectories in depressive and anxiety disorder. ⋯ Negative life events have an independent effect on diagnostic and symptom course trajectories of depression and to a lesser extent anxiety unconfounded by sociodemographic, clinical, and personality characteristics.