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Suicide Risk and MMPI Scores, Especially as Related to Anxiety and Depression *
Author(s) -
Poeldinger W. J.,
Gehring A.,
Blaser P.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1973.tb00981.x
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , depression (economics) , anxiety , poison control , suicide prevention , psychiatry , injury prevention , clinical psychology , psychology , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , commit , medicine , medical emergency , personality , social psychology , pathology , database , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
Thirty‐seven depressive patients were examined, nine of whom had attempted to commit suicide. An MMPI profile and check list was compiled on each patient in order to assess the risk of suicide. It was demonstrated that anxiety and depression are correlated with an increased risk. The specific type of fear is not important; it appears together with social maladjustment, is compressed, and then finds its expression in the cry for help that a suicidal tendency represents.