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Table 3 Prevalence of previously diagnosed psychiatric disorders among suicidal patients (N = 81)

From: Suicidal patients presenting to secondary and tertiary emergency departments and referral to a psychiatrist: a population-based descriptive study from Japan

Diagnosis

n (% of all patients)

Depressive disorder and/or depressive symptoms

31 (38)

Bipolar disorder

2 (2)

Schizophrenia

2 (2)

Anxiety disorder

2 (2)

Eating disorder

2 (2)

Personality disorder

1 (1)

Development disorder

1 (1)

Alcoholic disorder

1 (1)

Epilepsy

1 (1)

Diagnosis unknown

9 (11)

  1. A total of 48 patients had previously diagnosed psychiatric disorder(s)
  2. Some patients had more than one diagnoses: One patient had depressive disorder and/or depressive symptoms and epilepsy; one patient had depressive disorder and/or depressive symptoms and personality disorder; one patient had depressive disorder and/or depressive symptoms and eating disorder; and one patient had bipolar disorder and alcoholic disorder