RT Journal
A1 Virkkunen M, De Jong J, Bartko J, Linnoila M
T1 PSychobiological concomitants of history of suicide attempts among violent offenders and impulsive fire setters
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 1989
FD July 1
VO 46
IS 7
SP 604
OP 606
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810070030004
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1989.01810070030004
AB • Psychobiological data on 58 violent offenders and impulsive fire setters were analyzed for associations with history of suicide attempts. Subjects with a history of suicide attempts serious enough to require an admission to a medical facility had significantly lower mean cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol concentrations than subjects who had not made such attempts. A linear discriminant function analysis based on psychobiological and behavioral variables correctly classified 79% of the subjects according to the suicide attempt history positive and negative outcomes.