SynthesisThe Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry2015
A review of factors associated with greater likelihood of suicide attempts and suicide deaths in bipolar disorder: Part II of a report of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force on Suicide in Bipolar Disorder.
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- Prevalence of suicide attempts in bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2019Pooled it
- Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) and International Society for Bipolar Disorders (ISBD) 2018 guidelines for the management of patients with bipolar disorder.Bipolar disorders · 2018Guideline
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- Suicide Deaths in People With Bipolar Disorder: Characteristics and Treatments at Time of Death.Bipolar disorders · 2025Article
- The role of predominant polarity in older age bipolar disorder.International journal of bipolar disorders · 2025Article
- Bipolar disorder.Lancet (London, England) · 2025Review
- A national survey of suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury in bipolar disorder: insights from network analysis.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Outpatient Management of Bipolar Disorder in Older Adults.Current psychiatry reports · 2025Review
- The association of pain screening and pain level with suicide among US veterans with comorbid musculoskeletal and bipolar disorder diagnoses.Journal of affective disorders · 2025Article
- The Impact of Complex PTSD on Suicide Risk in Patients with Bipolar Disorder: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Mortality and Lithium-Protective Effects after First-Episode Mania Diagnosis in Bipolar Disorder: A Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study in Taiwan.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2024Article
- Molecular Changes Associated with Suicide.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- Deficits in sustained attention in adolescents with bipolar disorder during their first manic episode.Journal of affective disorders · 2023Article
- Bipolar II Disorder: Understudied and Underdiagnosed.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2023Review
- The CANMAT and ISBD Guidelines for the Treatment of Bipolar Disorder: Summary and a 2023 Update of Evidence.Focus (American Psychiatric Publishing) · 2023Review
- Psychiatric comorbidity in individuals with bipolar disorder: relation with clinical outcomes and functioning.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2023Article
- Predictors of suicide attempt within 30 days of first medically documented major depression diagnosis in U.S. army soldiers with no prior suicidal ideation.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
- The clinical characterization of the adult patient with bipolar disorder aimed at personalization of management.World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) · 2022Article
- Suicidal Ideation in Bipolar Disorder: The Relation with Clinical and Sociodemographic Variables.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectivesMany factors influence the likelihood of suicide attempts or deaths in persons with bipolar disorder. One key aim of the International Society for Bipolar Disorders Task Force on Suicide was to summarize the available literature on the presence and magnitude of effect of these factors.
methodsA systematic review of studies published from 1 January 1980 to 30 May 2014 identified using keywords 'bipolar disorder' and 'suicide attempts or suicide'. This specific paper examined all reports on factors putatively associated with suicide attempts or suicide deaths in bipolar disorder samples. Factors were subcategorized into: (1) sociodemographics, (2) clinical characteristics of bipolar disorder, (3) comorbidities, and (4) other clinical variables.
resultsWe identified 141 studies that examined how 20 specific factors influenced the likelihood of suicide attempts or deaths. While the level of evidence and degree of confluence varied across factors, there was at least one study that found an effect for each of the following factors: sex, age, race, marital status, religious affiliation, age of illness onset, duration of illness, bipolar disorder subtype, polarity of first episode, polarity of current/recent episode, predominant polarity, mood episode characteristics, psychosis, psychiatric comorbidity, personality characteristics, sexual dysfunction, first-degree family history of suicide or mood disorders, past suicide attempts, early life trauma, and psychosocial precipitants.
conclusionThere is a wealth of data on factors that influence the likelihood of suicide attempts and suicide deaths in people with bipolar disorder. Given the heterogeneity of study samples and designs, further research is needed to replicate and determine the magnitude of effect of most of these factors. This approach can ultimately lead to enhanced risk stratification for patients with bipolar disorder.
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