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Reactions to patient suicideMaurizio Pompili
J Psychosoc Nurs Ment Health Serv 41:8-9. 2003
Childhood suicide: a major issue in pediatric health careMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Issues Compr Pediatr Nurs 28:63-8. 2005..This article aims at stimulating further discussion among those involved in pediatric health care. Epidemiological data, an overview of risk factors, and the authors' reflections on the topic are provided...
Suicide in anorexia nervosa: a meta-analysisMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatric Sciences and Psychological Medicine, Sant Andrea Hospital La Sapienza, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Int J Eat Disord 36:99-103. 2004..We conducted a meta-analysis to compare data reported in representative studies of suicide in anorexia nervosa with data for the general population...
Countertransference in factitious disorders and Munchausen syndromeMaurizio Pompili
Day Hospital of Psychiatry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Roma, Italy
Int J Psychiatr Nurs Res 9:1041-3. 2004
[Suicide and attempted suicide in anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa]Maurizio Pompili
Cattedra di Psichiatria, II Facoltà di Medina e Chirurgia, Ospedale Sant Andrea, Universita degli Studi La Sapienza, Roma
Ann Ist Super Sanita 39:275-81. 2003..An effort to reconcile with subject of suicide and a better evaluation of these patients' psychopathology should improve suicide prevention strategies amongst these individuals...
Temperament and personality dimensions in suicidal and nonsuicidal psychiatric inpatientsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Psychopathology 41:313-21. 2008..Suicide is a serious public health problem. In the international literature there is evidence to support the notion that certain temperaments and personality traits are often associated with suicidal behavior...
[Patients with mood disorders admitted for a suicide attempt to an emergency ward]Maurizio Pompili
Sant Andrea Hospital, Dept of Psychiatry, Roma, Italy
Neuropsychiatr 24:56-63. 2010..The aim of the study was to assess risk factors associated with suicidal behaviour in adult patients suffering from major mood disorders (MD) and admitted to a hospital emergency department (ED)...
Hopelessness, temperament, and health perception in heroin addictsPaolo Iliceto
The Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
J Addict Dis 29:352-8. 2010..More knowledge on health attitudes in heroin addicts may help in delivering a treatment plan for this selective population...
Mental turmoil, suicide risk, illness perception, and temperament, and their impact on quality of life in chronic daily headacheSergio de Filippis
Department of Medical Sciences, 2nd School of Medicine, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
J Headache Pain 9:349-57. 2008..The investigation of the interplay of factors that precipitate suicide risk should include assessment of chronic headache and its effects on wellbeing...
Completed suicide and marital status according to the Italian region of originMaria Masocco
National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion CNESPS, Italian National Institute of Health ISS, Rome, Italy
Psychiatr Q 81:57-71. 2010..Moreover, these findings support the notion that marital status may play a central role in influencing suicide...
No cathartic effect in suicide attempters admitted to the emergency departmentMaurizio Pompili
Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
J Psychiatr Pract 15:433-41. 2009..Based on these findings, it is recommended that psychiatric evaluation of suicide attempters in the emergency department should ideally include the use of psychometric instruments evaluating suicide ideation and suicide risk...
Inequalities and impact of socioeconomic-cultural factors in suicide rates across ItalyMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Crisis 32:178-85. 2011..Suicide is a major cause of premature death in Italy and occurs at different rates in the various regions...
Substance abuse, temperament and suicide risk: evidence from a case-control studyMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
J Addict Dis 28:13-20. 2009..However, few differences were significant and almost all were of small magnitude. Furthermore, bipolar disorders type II were overrepresented in the abuser group compared to the control group (45% vs. 22%, respectively)...
Response to intravenous antidepressant treatment by suicidal vs. nonsuicidal depressed patientsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 122:154-8. 2010..As effects of suicidal status on antidepressant responses remain uncertain, we compared responses to treatment in suicidal and nonsuicidal depressed patients...
Psychometric properties of the Gotland Scale for Depression in Italian psychiatric inpatients and its utility in the prediction of suicide riskMarco Innamorati
Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 132:99-103. 2011..The aim of the study was to assess the psychometric properties of the GSMD in a sample of male and female psychiatric inpatients...
Suicide mortality in Italy from 1980 to 2002Monica Vichi
Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Institute of Health ISS, Rome, Italy
Psychiatry Res 175:89-97. 2010..The under-reporting of suicide seems to have no effect on temporal changes in mortality rates or on the geographical distribution. These data indicate that Italy is a country at low risk for suicide...
Completed suicide in schizophrenia: evidence from a case-control studyMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
Psychiatry Res 167:251-7. 2009..02), and suicide attempt (OR = 3.66; 95%CI = 1.40/114.41). Poor adherence to medications was also predictive of completed suicide in our sample of schizophrenia patients, primarily because the suicide victims showed very low adherence...
Recreational drug use and suicidality among Italian young adultsMarco Innamorati
Università Europea di Roma, Rome, Italy
J Addict Dis 27:51-9. 2008....
Sex and ethnic differences among South Tirolean suicides: a psychological autopsy studyRoger Pycha
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy
Eur Psychiatry 24:47-56. 2009..The aim of the research is to study whether any differences exist in the rates and characteristics of suicide by ethnicity and sex in South Tirol, Italy...
Alcohol consumption predicts the EU suicide rates in young women aged 15-29 years but not in men: analysis of trends and differences among early and new EU countries since 2004Marco Innamorati
Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Alcohol 44:463-9. 2010..EU political and heath agencies should devise policies to prevent youth suicide with a focus on alcohol misuse and societal stress associated with violence against youths...
Quality of life and suicide risk in patients with diabetes mellitusMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Rome, Italy
Psychosomatics 50:16-23. 2009..Diabetes mellitus may have profound effects on physical and emotional health and quality of life...
Completed versus attempted suicide in psychiatric patients: a psychological autopsy studyMarco Innamorati
Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
J Psychiatr Pract 14:216-24. 2008..44; > 1 admissions: OR= 8.84) than suicide attempters. Suicide victims were also less likely to have had stressful life events during their childhood and adolescence (OR = 0.09) and to be divorced or widowed than were the attempters...
TEMPS-A (Rome): psychometric validation of affective temperaments in clinically well subjects in mid- and south ItalyMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 107:63-75. 2008..In Italian, the TEMPS has previously been validated in its original 32-item version, the TEMPS-I (Pisa), one which did not yet include an anxious subscale...
Improving adherence in mood disorders: the struggle against relapse, recurrence and suicide riskMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Roma, Italy
Expert Rev Neurother 9:985-1004. 2009..Clinical data highlight the importance of extended courses of medication in improving the long-term prognosis of patients with affective disorders...
Inequalities in suicide rates in the European Union's elderly: trends and impact of macro-socioeconomic factors between 1980 and 2006Marco Innamorati
Università Europea di Roma, Rome, Italy
Can J Psychiatry 55:229-38. 2010....
Higher hopelessness and suicide risk predict lower self-deception among psychiatric patients and non-clinical individualsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Function, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Riv Psichiatr 46:24-30. 2011..Self-deception may be a coping response to stressful live events. Disruption of such coping mechanism may indeed increase suicide risk as individuals do not want to face self-awareness and get close to a highly negative self...
The epidemiology of homicide-suicide in Italy: a newspaper study from 1985 to 2008Paolo Roma
NESMOS Department Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
Forensic Sci Int 214:e1-5. 2012..The rate of homicide-suicide was 0.04%. Comparison with international studies is not always possible due to the lack of information for certain categories. The common factors identified may be helpful for prevention...
Tobacco smoking and suicidal ideation in school-aged children 12-15 years old: impact of cultural differencesMarco Innamorati
Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
J Addict Dis 30:359-67. 2011..Future studies analyzing the mechanism and sequencing of the relationship among suicidal ideation and tobacco smoking should explore cultural factors...
Unmet treatment needs in schizophrenia patients: is asenapine a potential therapeutic option?Maurizio Pompili
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Expert Rev Neurother 11:989-1006. 2011..We review the characteristics of a new drug, asenapine, that may improve adherence in patients as a result of a distinctive receptor profile that may be associated with fewer side effects than other second-generation antipsychotic drugs...
Suicide and attempted suicide in eating disorders, obesity and weight-image concernMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa 1035, Rome, Italy
Eat Behav 7:384-94. 2006..Both in the case of bulimia nervosa and obesity more long-term follow-up studies need to be completed before the risk of suicide for such disorders may be compared with that for anorexia nervosa...
Suicide and marital status in ItalyMaria Masocco
National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion CNESPS, Italian National Institute of Health ISS, Rome, Italy
Psychiatr Q 79:275-85. 2008..Completed suicide has been reported as being linked to marital status, with being unmarried associated with a higher suicide rate as compared with being married or living with a partner...
Risk-taking and reasons for living in non-clinical Italian university studentsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, and McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA or
Death Stud 31:751-62. 2007..Men in general and people who take risks and perceive lower risk are more hopeless and relatively weak in reasons for living...
Depression, hopelessness and suicide risk among patients suffering from epilepsyMaurizio Pompili
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Ospedale Sant Andrea, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189 Rome, Italy
Ann Ist Super Sanita 43:425-9. 2007..Both clinical and psychometric data should be part of the evaluation of the epileptic patient for psychiatric and suicidality assessment...
Periventricular white matter hyperintensities as predictors of suicide attempts in bipolar disorders and unipolar depressionMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 32:1501-7. 2008..08). In conclusion, neuroimaging measures may be markers of risk for suicidal attempts in patients with major affective disorders...
Assessment and treatment of suicide risk in schizophreniaMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Via di Grottarossa, 1035, 00189 Roma, Italy
Expert Rev Neurother 8:51-74. 2008..Psychosocial intervention and psychotherapy may play an important role in the management of suicide risk, especially if such interventions help the patient face daily difficulties, loneliness and conflicts inside the family...
Psychiatric comorbidity and suicide risk in patients with chronic migraineMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 6:81-91. 2010..Future research should include sound methodologically-based studies focusing on the interplay of factors behind the relationship between migraine, suicide risk, and mental illness...
Suicide among Italian adolescents: 1970-2002Maurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 18:525-33. 2009..The dramatic peaks observed over the time period studied cannot be attributed to a single cause, indicating that further studies are needed to better understand the phenomenon...
Suicide risk during anticonvulsant treatmentMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 19:525-8. 2010..For now, however, clinical prudence calls for routine, ongoing assessment of mood and suicidal thoughts among neurological or psychiatric patients, whether or not treated with particular drugs...
Socioeconomic risk factors and depressive symptoms in alcohol use disorders among male suicides in South Tirol, ItalyGiancarlo Giupponi
Department of Psychiatry, Bolzano, Italy
J Addict Dis 29:466-74. 2010....
The hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis and serotonin abnormalities: a selective overview for the implications of suicide preventionMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa 1035, 00189, Rome, Italy
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 260:583-600. 2010..HPA over-activity may be a good predictor of mood disorders and perhaps suicidal behavior via abnormalities in the serotonergic system...
Emergency staff reactions to suicidal and self-harming patientsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Eur J Emerg Med 12:169-78. 2005..In this paper, evidence suggesting staff attitudes toward suicidal and self-harming patients is reviewed. An overview of related issues such as clinical judgment, the use of scales and nurses' role is also included in this report...
Where schizophrenic patients commit suicide: a review of suicide among inpatients and former inpatientsMaurizio Pompili
Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Psichiatria, Italy
Int J Psychiatry Med 35:171-90. 2005..To review the literature on suicide of inpatients with schizophrenia, to identify suicide risk factors as well as typical patterns of behavior and to suggest a rationale and strategies for future interventions...
Body uneasiness and suicide risk in a non-clinical sample of university studentsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02478, USA
Arch Suicide Res 11:193-202. 2007..Such evidence suggests that body uneasiness can be a source of psychological pain and in serious cases expose the individuals to an increased suicide risk. Yet, depression was the strongest correlate of increased suicide risk...
Suicidal behavior and alcohol abuseMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome 00189, Italy
Int J Environ Res Public Health 7:1392-431. 2010..People with alcohol dependence or depression should be screened for other psychiatric symptoms and for suicidality. Programs for suicide prevention must take into account drinking habits and should reinforce healthy behavioral patterns...
Relationship between Temperament, Depression, Anxiety, and Hopelessness in Adolescents: A Structural Equation ModelPaolo Iliceto
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 1035 Via di Grottarossa, 00189 Rome, Italy
Depress Res Treat 2011:160175. 2011..Depression, anxiety and hopelessness are in a complex relationship partly mediated by temperament...
Psychiatric diagnoses during institutionalization: an investigation of 1334 psychiatric patients hospitalized in an Italian asylum during the 20th centuryRoberto Tatarelli
Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Wien Klin Wochenschr 123:135-44. 2011..Interest in the history of psychiatry continues to grow, with an increasing emphasis on topics of current interest such as the history of nosology and the interplay between psychiatry and society...
Cyclothymic-depressive-anxious temperament pattern is related to suicide risk in 346 patients with major mood disordersMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
J Affect Disord 136:405-11. 2012....
Anatomical and functional correlates in major depressive disorder: the contribution of neuroimaging studiesSilvia Rigucci
Department of Psychiatry, II Faculty of Medicine, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
World J Biol Psychiatry 11:165-80. 2010....
Suicide risk in first episode psychosis: a selective review of the current literatureMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Organs, Rome, Italy
Schizophr Res 129:1-11. 2011..These interventions should include an adequate assessment of suicidal behaviour in patients with FEP, and an examination of the efficacy of specific components of the interventions...
Glycosides, depression and suicidal behaviour: the role of glycoside-linked proteinsGianluca Serafini
Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Sapienza University of Rome, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Via Grottarossa 1035 1039, 00189 Rome, Italy
Molecules 16:2688-713. 2011..These studies suggest that glycosides can regulate neuroprotection through Rap-1 and other molecules, and may play a crucial role in the pathophysiology of depression and suicide...
Duloxetine in acute major depression: review of comparisons to placebo and standard antidepressants using dissimilar methodsPaolo Girardi
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Hum Psychopharmacol 24:177-90. 2009....
Reasons for Living Inventory: cross-cultural construct validityMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy
Psychol Rep 100:1259-62. 2007..An exploratory factor analysis indicated a three-factor structure, suggesting that researchers should be cautious in assuming the validity of the six-factor structure in cross-cultural settings...
Temperament, insecure attachment, impulsivity, and sexuality in women in jailPaolo Iliceto
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
J Forensic Nurs 8:23-9. 2012..Mental health treatment is necessary to prevent severe illness and suicide in these women...
High suicide risk after the development of cognitive and working memory deficits caused by cannabis, cocaine and ecstasy useMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Saint Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Subst Abus 28:25-30. 2007..We propose that the patient's cognitive deficits resulted directly from his polysubstance use and contributed to his depression, suicide attempt and current serious suicidal ideation...
Ethanol injection is highly effective for hepatocellular carcinoma smaller than 2 cmMaurizio Pompili
Department of Internal Medicine, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Largo A Gemelli 8, Rome, Italy
World J Gastroenterol 17:3126-32. 2011..To analyze the long-term prognosis in a cohort of western cirrhotic patients with single hepatocellular carcinoma treated with ethanol injection...
Psychiatric comorbidity in patients with chronic daily headache and migraine: a selective overview including personality traits and suicide riskMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, 1035 Via di Grottarossa, Rome 00189, Italy
J Headache Pain 10:283-90. 2009..The increase in self-efficacy and mental health associated with pharmaceutical care may be instrumental in improving the long-term pharmacotherapy of patients with migraine and headache...
Suicide and awareness of illness in schizophrenia: an overviewMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Bull Menninger Clin 68:297-318. 2004..In assessing insight, many issues have to be taken into account, because a high degree of insight is not desirable in some conditions...
The validation of the Italian Perceived Disability Scale (IPDS) in chronic daily headache sufferersMarco Innamorati
Università Europea di Roma, Rome, Italy
J Headache Pain 10:21-6. 2009..The IPDS is a brief instrument that is useful for comparisons with other chronic illnesses, and it may be used both for basic research and clinical applications when screening for comorbidity with emotional distress and disorders...
Suicide verdicts as opposed to accidental deaths in substance-related fatalities (UK, 2001-2007)Alessandro E Vento
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Centre, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Prog Neuropsychopharmacol Biol Psychiatry 35:1279-83. 2011..Substance-related deaths account for a great number of suicides...
Psychache and suicide: a preliminary investigationMaurizio Pompili
Sant Andrea Hospital, Rome, Department of Psychiatry, Italy
Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:116-21. 2008..Further, there are validity issues with the PPAS, with the need for multi-item measures and probably a multifactor measure...
Temperament, post-partum depression, hopelessness, and suicide risk among women soon after deliveringPaolo Girardi
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Organs Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy
Women Health 51:511-24. 2011..Future studies should evaluate the effectiveness of psychiatric screening programs in the postpartum period as well as factors associated with depression and suicidality during the same period...
Suicide in schizophrenia. What are we going to do about it?Maurizio Pompili
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Universita degli Studi La Sapienza, Ospedale Sant Andrea, Rome
Ann Ist Super Sanita 40:463-73. 2004....
The role of asenapine in the treatment of manic or mixed states associated with bipolar I disorderMaurizio Pompili
Department of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Sensory Functions, Suicide Prevention Center, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat 7:259-65. 2011..The aim of this concise overview is to investigate the role of asenapine in the treatment of manic and mixed states associated with BD type 1 disorder...
Suicidality in DSM IV cluster B personality disorders. An overviewMaurizio Pompili
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Universita degli Studi La Sapienza, Ospedale Sant Andrea, Rome
Ann Ist Super Sanita 40:475-83. 2004..Given the fact that personality disorders have high prevalence in the general population, prediction and prevention of suicide among these individuals is a problem of public health...
Death from suicide versus mortality from epilepsy in the epilepsies: a meta-analysisMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Via di Grottarossa, 1035 00189 Rome, Italy
Epilepsy Behav 9:641-8. 2006..We conducted a meta-analysis to compare data reported in representative studies of suicide mortality in epilepsy with data on mortality from epilepsy in the general population...
The Hopelessness Scale: a factor analysisMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Psychol Rep 100:375-8. 2007..A follow-up principal axis factor analysis yielded two interpretable correlated factors, suggesting that the structure of the scale may differ across clinical and nonclinical groups and as a function of nationality...
Suicide in the Italian military environment (1986-1998)Iginia Mancinelli
Department of Psychiatric Sciences, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Mil Med 168:146-52. 2003..The aim of our study was to provide data about suicide and attempted suicide in the Italian military environment from 1986 to 1998...
Subthreshold bipolar traits and suicide risk among undergraduatesMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Via di Grottarossa, 1035 00189 Rome, Italy
Psychol Rep 98:417-8. 2006..Data from a sample of 500 undergraduate students showed that depression scores were more strongly correlated with suicide risk than were mania scores, uggesting that such traits should be routinely screened to evaluate suicide risk...
No increase in suicide risk among cardiopathic patientsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Saint Andrea Hospital, University of Rome, La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Am Heart Hosp J 5:103-6. 2007..The implications of the results are discussed...
Exploring the phenomenology of suicideMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Suicide Life Threat Behav 40:234-44. 2010..Such a radical approach is laudable in an era where diagnostic criteria and the need to cure are more important than understanding what is not working at the emotional level...
Suicide in the epilepsies: a meta-analytic investigation of 29 cohortsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
Epilepsy Behav 7:305-10. 2005..Suicide in epilepsy is a major cause of death and is very often underestimated. We conducted a meta-analysis to compare data reported in representative studies of suicide in epilepsy with data for the general population...
Suicide in the national protocol for monitoring sentinel eventsRosetta Cardone
Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali, Direzione Generale della Programmazione Sanitaria, Rome, Italy
Ann Ist Super Sanita 45:205-12. 2009..Given the importance of suicide in public health policies and the need for preventive activity on this issue, recommendations for the prevention of suicide in hospitals have already been drafted...
Suicide soon after generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A possible peri-ictal phenomenon?Maurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
ScientificWorldJournal 6:356-60. 2006..After many years free from seizures, she experienced one day a generalized tonic-clonic seizure that required hospitalization and, soon thereafter, she committed suicide...
Suicidal intent in single-car accident drivers: Review and new preliminary findingsMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Crisis 27:92-9. 2006..This behavior has some characteristics of the logic of suicidal individuals...
Sex differences in reasons for livingMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, Roma, Italia
Percept Mot Skills 102:321-2. 2006..An analysis of responses by 837 Italian undergraduate students to the Reasons For Living Inventory indicated women scored higher but less consistently than in previous research on American undergraduates...
Suicide in borderline personality disorder: a meta-analysisMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
Nord J Psychiatry 59:319-24. 2005..Suicide seems more alarming in the first phases of follow-up than during chronic phases of illness...
Toward a new prevention of suicide in schizophreniaMaurizio Pompili
Department of Psychiatry, Sant Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy
World J Biol Psychiatry 5:201-10. 2004..It is concluded that those integrated strategies already in use and the implementation of less known interventions should constitute a more effective prevention of self-inflicted deaths among these patients...
Seasonality and suicideMaurizio Pompili
Psychiatry Res 128:301-2. 2004
Preventing suicide in young schizophrenics who are substance "abusers"Maurizio Pompili
Subst Use Misuse 39:1435-9. 2004
Hopelessness and suicide risk emerge in psychiatric nurses suffering from burnout and using specific defense mechanismsMaurizio Pompili
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, MA 02478, USA
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 20:135-43. 2006..The results indicate that burnout and some of the defense mechanisms predicted the level of hopelessness -- a predictor of suicide risk...
Suicide and schizophreniaMaurizio Pompili
Psychiatr Serv 54:747-8. 2003
Evaluation of the albumin-gamma-glutamyltransferase isoenzyme as a diagnostic marker of hepatocellular carcinoma-complicating liver cirrhosisMaurizio Pompili
Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
J Gastroenterol Hepatol 18:288-95. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Albumin-gamma-glutamyltransferase appears to be a sensitive diagnostic marker of both advanced and small hepatocellular carcinoma-complicating liver cirrhosis...
Re: Schizophrenia, suicide, and blood count during treatment with clozapineMaurizio Pompili
Can J Psychiatry 47:977. 2002
Making sense of nurses' role in the prevention of suicide in schizophreniaMaurizio Pompili
Issues Ment Health Nurs 25:5-7. 2004
Mass media and suicideMaurizio Pompili
Aust N Z J Psychiatry 37:110-1. 2003
[Liver transplantation]Maurizio Pompili
Istituto di Medicina Interna e Geriatria, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Roma
Ann Ital Med Int 19:20-35. 2004....
Risk-taking behavior, subintentioned death and suicideMaurizio Pompili
J Dev Behav Pediatr 24:456; author reply 456-8. 2003
Toward better understanding of equivocal deaths and suicidesMaurizio Pompili
Croat Med J 45:103-4. 2004
Suicidal behavior in surviving co-twinsMaurizio Pompili
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Twin Res Hum Genet 9:642-5. 2006..1995). The aim of the present article is to address the issue of the intense grief experienced by twins after the co-twin suicide...
Suicide in bipolar disorder: Risks and managementRoss J Baldessarini
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
CNS Spectr 11:465-71. 2006..Applying available knowledge systematically, with close and sustained clinical supervision, can enhance management of suicidal risk in bipolar disorders patients...
White matter hyperintensities and their associations with suicidality in patients with major affective disordersMaurizio Pompili
McLean Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 257:494-9. 2007..The objective of this cross-sectional study was to compare the prevalence of white matter hyperintensities (WMH) in patients with major affective disorders with and without histories of suicide attempts...
Suicide after surgical treatment in patients with epilepsy: a meta-analytic investigationMaurizio Pompili
McLean Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA
Psychol Rep 98:323-38. 2006..This meta-analysis shows that suicide in patients with epilepsy after surgical treatment is more frequent than in the general population. Results are discussed with particular attention to possible causative factors...
Suicidal risk in antidepressant drug trialsRoss J Baldessarini
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:246-8. 2006
Suicide risk during pregnancy. Comment on "The obstetrician and depression during pregnancy" by Campagne DM [Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 116 (2) (2004) 125-30]Maurizio Pompili
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 120:121-3; author reply 124. 2005
GPs' role in the prevention of suicide in schizophreniaMaurizio Pompili
Fam Pract 19:221. 2002
Decreased risk of suicides and attempts during long-term lithium treatment: a meta-analytic reviewRoss J Baldessarini
International Consortium for Research on Bipolar Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Neuroscience Program, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
Bipolar Disord 8:625-39. 2006..To update and extend comparisons of rates of suicides and suicide attempts among patients with major affective disorders with versus without long-term lithium treatment...
Letter to the editor on female physicians committing suicideMaurizio Pompili
MedGenMed 6:60. 2004
Preventing suicide in schizophrenia inside the family environmentMaurizio Pompili
Crisis 24:181-2. 2003
Suicide in schizophrenic patients: a neglected issueMaurizio Pompili
Am Fam Physician 70:648, 650. 2004
Making sense of alcohol policies on youth self-destructive behavior as part of suicideMaurizio Pompili
J Ment Health Policy Econ 7:37; author reply 37-8. 2004
Cannabis use and the risk behavior syndrome in Italian university students: are they related to suicide risk?Marco Innamorati
Università Europea of Rome
Psychol Rep 102:577-94. 2008..Individuals at higher risk for suicide could also be discriminated by self-reported lifetime drug use. Limitations of the study are related to the small sample size and use of a convenience sample...
