Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , January 2008

Risk factors for the incidence and persistence of suicide-related outcomes: A 10-year follow-up study using the National Comorbidity Surveys

  • Guilherme Borges

      Affiliations

    • National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico
    • Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Mexico City, Mexico
    • ,
  • Jules Angst

      Affiliations

    • Zurich University Psychiatric Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland
    • ,
  • Matthew K. Nock

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Ayelet Meron Ruscio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
    • ,
  • Ronald C. Kessler

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 31 October 2006 ,Revised 26 January 2007 ,Accepted 31 January 2007.

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☆ Address reprint requests to NCS Coordinator, Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Avenue, Boston MA 02115; NCS@hcp.med.harvard.edu. Contributors: Guilherme Borges carried out the statistical analyses, collaborated in the literature review, wrote the first draft of the manuscript, and collaborated in revision of the manuscript. Jules Angst, Matthew Nock, and Ayelet Ruscio all collaborated in the literature review, interpretation of results, and revision of the manuscript. Ronald Kessler designed the study and collaborated in the interpretation of results and revision of the manuscript.Conflict of interest: Professor Kessler has been a consultant for Astra Zeneca, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, and Wyeth and has had research support for his epidemiological studies from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly and Company, Ortho-McNeil, Pfizer, and the Pfizer Foundation. All other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

PII: S0165-0327(07)00132-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.01.036

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 105, Issue 1 , Pages 25-33 , January 2008

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