Psychiatric assessment of suicide attempters in Japan: a pilot study at a critical emergency unit in an urban area

Table 2 Distribution of suicide by mental disorder and personality disorder

	Male Patients (N = 126)	Female Patients (N = 194)	Analysis
	N (%)	N (%)	χ²	df	P-value
Axis-I
Mood disorders	37 (29)	41 (21)	5.78	2	0.056	n.s.
Depressive disorders	33 (26)	38 (20)
Bipolar disorders	4 (3)	3 (2)
Adjustment disorders	14 (11)	43 (22)	8.8	2	< 0.05
Schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders	23 (18)	31 (16)				n.s.
Substance-related disorders	25 (20)	11 (6)	12.2	2	< 0.01
Anxiety disorders	4 (3)	8 (4)
Dissociative disorders	0 (0)	6 (3)
Somatoform disorders	1 (1)	3 (2)
Dementia	1 (1)	2 (1)
Eating disorders	0 (0)	3 (2)
Other axis I diagnosis	4 (3)	3 (2)
No axis I diagnosis	9 (7)	37 (19)
Insufficient information for axis I assessment	8 (6)	6 (3)
Axis II
Personality disorders	30 (24)	80 (41)	13	2	< 0.01
Mental retardation	4 (3)	2 (1)
No axis II diagnosis	84 (67)	106 (55)
Insufficient information for axis II assessment	8 (6)	6 (3)

Some subjects had more than one diagnosis. But one primary dignosis only were listed on Axis I and II

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