The Archives of Clinical Psychiatry, published by the Department of Psychiatry of the Medical School of USP (USP), made available in its first edition of 2018 (volume 45, number 1 2018), article on hormonal changes occurring in suicidal patients.
The study compared the attempts of the act in patients with a history of suicidal thoughts and in people who never had any thought or suicidal attitude. It was noticed that some people in the first group presented with a malfunction of the thyroid, supposing a relation of these factors.
The research was conducted at the Punjab Mental Health Institute and the Mayo Hospital Nuclear Medicine Center in Lahore, both in Pakistan, and sought a possible association of thyroid malfunction with suicide attempts. Patients with a history of suicide attempt or current suicidal ideation were selected to analyze the state of thyroid function (age between 15 and 55 years). The results showed that suicidal patients had a higher incidence of thyroid disorder and a lower level of T3 compared with non-suicidal psychiatric patients. More information about the study can be obtained from the authors Muhammad Pervaiz, e-mail mpbhatti786@gmail.com and Syed Majid Bukhari, e-mail majidbukhari@ciit.net.pk.
The journal can be accessed in full here: http://www.revistas.usp.br/acp/article/view/144881/139108
