Those with first-episode psychosis demonstrated more suicidal behavior compared with healthy controls, while perceived stress and emotional abuse were linked to an increase in suicidal ideation and risk, according to a recent study.
“Suicide is a major public health concern,” Marta Diago, of the Saint Joan of God Research Institute in Spain, and colleagues wrote in Psychiatry Research. “The population with the highest relative risk of suicide are those who suffer from mental disorders, and among them, people diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders.”