TY  -  JOUR
AU  -  Accinni, Tommaso
AU  -  Frascarelli, Marianna
AU  -  Vecchioni, Sofia
AU  -  Tarsitani, Lorenzo
AU  -  Biondi, Massimo
AU  -  Pasquini, Massimo
T1  -  Gender modulation of psychopathological dimensions associated to suicidality
PY  -  2022
Y1  -  2022-01-01
DO  -  10.1708/3749.37324
JO  -  Rivista di Psichiatria
JA  -  Riv Psichiatr
VL  -  57
IS  -  1
SP  -  23
EP  -  32
PB  -  Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore
SN  -  2038-2502
Y2  -  2026/04/17
UR  -  http://dx.doi.org/10.1708/3749.37324
N2  -  Summary. Objectives. The dimensional approach to psychopathology has been proposed to reliably evaluate suicidality. Potential gender modulation of psychopathological dimensions associated to suicide attempts was investigated. Methods. 91 subjects who committed a near-lethal suicide (SA group) and 374 who did not (nSA group) were recruited in a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit regardless of their categorical diagnosis. The Hamilton Depression Rating Scale (HAM-D), the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale – Expanded version (BPRS-E) and the Scale for Rapid Dimensional Evaluation (SVARAD) were administered at the admission. A Factorial Multivariate ANOVA was conducted according to General Linear Model: Sex and Suicidality were input as fixed factors, HAM-D, BPRS-E and SVARAD scores as dependent variables. Results. Men with SA (MSA) displayed significant lower scores in SVARAD Activation dimension compared to women with SA (FSA) (p=0.049), men without SA (MnSA) (p<0.001) and women without SA (FnSA) (p<0.001). Both SA groups displayed significant higher scores compared to nSA groups in regard of Depression item (BPRS-E) (p<0,001). The MSA group displayed significant lower scores in Psychomotor agitation (HAM-D) compared to FSA (p=0,044), MnSA (p<0,001) and FnSA (p<0,001). Conclusions. By means of multifactorial statistics sex resulted a moderator of the relation between activation/agitation and suicidality, despite categorical diagnosis.
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