TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicidality and HIV status
AU - McKegney, F. Patrick
AU - O'Dowd, Mary Alice
PY - 1992/1/1
Y1 - 1992/1/1
N2 - Among psychiatric consultation patients, 322 AIDS patients were significantly less suicidal than 82 other HIV-positive patients and were comparable in suicidality to 1,086 patients with negative or unknown HIV status. AIDS patients had significantly more organic mental disorders. Organicity, denial, acceptance, and/or preoccupation with a fatal illness may reduce suicidality in AIDS patients.
AB - Among psychiatric consultation patients, 322 AIDS patients were significantly less suicidal than 82 other HIV-positive patients and were comparable in suicidality to 1,086 patients with negative or unknown HIV status. AIDS patients had significantly more organic mental disorders. Organicity, denial, acceptance, and/or preoccupation with a fatal illness may reduce suicidality in AIDS patients.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.149.3.396
DO - 10.1176/ajp.149.3.396
M3 - Article
C2 - 1536281
AN - SCOPUS:0026589743
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 149
SP - 396
EP - 398
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -
