Suicide Deaths in People With Bipolar Disorder: Characteristics and Treatments at Time of Death
The findings of this study suggest that a substantial proportion of people with BD who die by suicide are not receiving first-line treatments at the time of death. While causality cannot be established, further exploration of pharmacotherapy at the time of death would ideally link to living controls to address issues of risk and lethality.
Authors
- Gin S. Malhi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4524-9091)
- Lakshmi N. Yatham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7405-0954)
- Vera Yu Men (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5593-7146)
- Ayal Schaffer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6220-5042)
- Rosalie Steinberg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5042-1378)
- Mark Sinyor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7756-2584)
- Rachel H. B. Mitchell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6361-0469)
- Prudence Po Ming Chan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-5083-2291)
Institutions
- University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
- The University of Sydney (AU)
- Sunnybrook Health Science Centre (CA)
- University of British Columbia (CA)
- University of Toronto (CA)
- Royal North Shore Hospital (AU)
- Health Sciences Centre (CA)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Northern Sydney Local Health District (AU)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Bipolar Disorders
- Published
- 2025-09-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bdi.70061
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Bipolar Disorder and Treatment
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47
Funders
- University of Toronto