Bipolar Disorder and Suicide: a Review

Bipolar disorder has the highest rate of suicide of all psychiatric conditions and is approximately 20–30 times that of the general population. The purpose of this review is to discuss findings relevant to bipolar disorder and suicide. Risk factors include male gender, living alone, divorced, no children, Caucasian, younger age (  75 years), unemployment, and a personal history of suicide attempt and family history of suicide attempt or suicide...