Am J Psychiatry 1990; 147:1225-1227
Copyright © 1990 by American Psychiatric Association
CSF 5-HIAA and HVA concentrations in elderly depressed patients who attempted suicide
JS Jones, B Stanley, JJ Mann, AJ Frances, JR Guido, L Traskman-Bendz, R Winchel, RP Brown and M Stanley
Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, NY.
CSF findings distinguished 12 elderly depressed patients who attempted
suicide from nine depressed patients who did not and from seven normal
control subjects. Psychosocial factors and measures of psychopathology did
not differentiate suicidal from nonsuicidal patients. Biochemical factors
may be important in evaluating suicide risk in the elderly.
