ArticleBMC psychiatry2022
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults who present with self-harm: a comparative 6-month follow-up study.
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- Risk factors of suicidal spectrum behaviors in adults and adolescents with attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder - a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
- The prevalence of psychiatric comorbidities in adult ADHD compared with non-ADHD populations: A systematic literature review.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
- Factors Associated with Suicide Attempts in Adults with ADHD: Findings from a Clinical Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Assessing suicidality in adult ADHD patients: prevalence and related factors : Suicidality in adult ADHD patients.Annals of general psychiatry · 2024Article
- Deliberate self-harm in adolescents screening positive for attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder: a population-based study.BMC psychiatry · 2024Article
- ADHD Patients with Suicidal Behaviour: Risk Factors, Comorbidities, and Clinical Profile: A Naturalistic Exploratory Study.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Clinical characteristics and 6-month follow-up of adults with and without alcohol use disorder who self-harm.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Real-life instability in ADHD from young to middle adulthood: a nationwide register-based study of social and occupational problems.BMC psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundADHD is common in psychiatric populations. This study aimed to compare clinical characteristics in adults with and without ADHD who presented with self-harm, and to compare later risk of suicidal behaviour within 6 months.
methodsEight hundred four adults presented with self-harm (with and without suicidal intent) at psychiatric emergency services at three Swedish hospitals. Persons with a discharge ICD-10 diagnosis F90.0-F90.9 or a prescription for ADHD medication were considered to have ADHD (n = 93). Medical records were reviewed for evidence of subsequent suicide attempts (SA) within 6 months; suicides were identified by national register.
resultsRecent relationship problems were more prevalent in the ADHD group. While the index episodes of those with ADHD were more often non-suicidal, and actual SAs more often rated as impulsive, medical lethality at presentation did not differ in attempters with and without ADHD. Subsequent SAs (fatal or non-fatal) were observed in 29% of the ADHD group and 20% in all others (P = .005). A logistic regression model showed elevated risk of suicidal behaviour during follow-up in the ADHD group (OR = 1.70, CI 1.05-2.76), although a final regression model suggested that this association was partly explained by age and comorbid emotionally unstable personality disorder.
conclusionsFindings highlight the need for clinicians to take self-harm seriously in adults with ADHD.
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