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PSYCHIATRY INVESTIGATION
Volume 12, Issue 3, Pages 330-334Publisher
KOREAN NEUROPSYCHIATRIC ASSOC
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2015.12.3.330
Keywords
IQ Completed suicide; Case-control study; Intelligence
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- Korean Health Technology R&D Project, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea [HI12C0035]
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Objective The goal of this study was to examine the association between IQ and suicide in psychiatric patients. Methods We conducted a nested case-control study using data obtained from psychiatric patients affiliated with a general hospital in Seoul, Korea. In a one-to-two ratio the psychiatric patients who died of suicide (Suicide Group; n=35) were matched to those who didn't (Non-suicide Group; n=70) by age, gender, psychiatric diagnosis and approximate time of first treatment. IQ was measured using the Korean version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised. Results There were no significant differences in any type of IQ between suicide patients and non-suicide patients. Logistic regression showed no evidence of an association between IQ and suicide. Conclusion These results do not support the existence of an association between IQ and suicide.
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