Abstract
Psychobiological data on 58 violent offenders and impulsive fire setters were analyzed for associations with history of suicide attempts. Subjects with a history of suicide attempts serious enough to require an admission to a medical facility had significantly lower mean cerebrospinal fluid 5-hydroxyindoleacetic acid and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol concentrations than subjects who had not made such attempts. A linear discriminant function analysis based on psychobiological and behavioral variables correctly classified 79% of the subjects according to the suicide attempt history positive and negative outcomes.
MeSH terms
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Adult
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Blood Glucose / analysis
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Criminal Psychology*
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Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / diagnosis*
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Firesetting Behavior / blood
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Firesetting Behavior / cerebrospinal fluid
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Firesetting Behavior / diagnosis*
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Follow-Up Studies
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Glycols / cerebrospinal fluid*
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Humans
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Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid / cerebrospinal fluid*
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Impulsive Behavior / blood
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Impulsive Behavior / cerebrospinal fluid
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Impulsive Behavior / diagnosis*
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Male
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Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol / cerebrospinal fluid*
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Probability
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Suicide, Attempted / psychology*
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Violence*
Substances
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Blood Glucose
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Glycols
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Methoxyhydroxyphenylglycol
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Hydroxyindoleacetic Acid