Clinical and sociodemographic correlates of suicidality in patients with major depressive disorder from six Asian countries

• Main Authors: Lim, A.Y., Lee, A.R., Hatim, A., Tian-Mei, S., Liu, C.Y., Jeon, H.J., Udomratn, P., Bautista, D., Chan, E., Liu, S.I., Chua, H.C., Hong, J.P., Md, R.A.N.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2014
• Subjects: BF Psychology; R Medicine
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/10966/1/Lim-2014-Clinical_and_sociode.pdf; http://eprints.um.edu.my/10966/; http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/14/37
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Background: East Asian countries have high suicide rates. However, little is known about clinical and sociodemographic factors associated with suicidality in Asian populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate the factors associated with suicidality in patients with major depressive disorder (M...