Department of Depressive Disorders, Shenzhen Kangning Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Shenzhen Mental Health Center, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China.
Transl Psychiatry. 2024 Mar 5;14(1):134. doi: 10.1038/s41398-024-02843-w.
Suicidal behavior and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) are common in adolescent patients with major depressive disorder (MDD). Thus, delineating the unique characteristics of suicide attempters having adolescent MDD with NSSI is important for suicide prediction in the clinical setting. Here, we performed psychological and biochemical assessments of 130 youths having MDD with NSSI. Participants were divided into two groups according to the presence/absence of suicide attempts (SAs). Our results demonstrated that the age of suicide attempters is lower than that of non-attempters in participants having adolescent MDD with NSSI; suicide attempters had higher Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (BIS-11) impulsivity scores and lower serum CRP and cortisol levels than those having MDD with NSSI alone, suggesting levels of cortisol and CRP were inversely correlated with SAs in patients with adolescent MDD with NSSI. Furthermore, multivariate regression analysis revealed that NSSI frequency in the last month and CRP levels were suicidal ideation predictors in adolescent MDD with NSSI, which may indicate that the increased frequency of NSSI behavior is a potential risk factor for suicide. Additionally, we explored the correlation between psychological and blood biochemical indicators to distinguish suicide attempters among participants having adolescent MDD with NSSI and identified a unique correlation network that could serve as a marker for suicide attempters. Our research data further suggested a complex correlation between the psychological and behavioral indicators of impulsivity and anger. Therefore, our study findings may provide clues to identify good clinical warning signs for SA in patients with adolescent MDD with NSSI.
自杀行为和非自杀性自伤(NSSI)在患有重度抑郁症(MDD)的青少年患者中很常见。因此,描绘具有 NSSI 的青少年 MDD 自杀未遂者的独特特征对于临床环境中的自杀预测很重要。在这里,我们对 130 名患有 MDD 伴 NSSI 的青少年进行了心理和生化评估。根据是否存在自杀企图(SA),将参与者分为两组。我们的结果表明,在具有 NSSI 的青少年 MDD 中,自杀未遂者的年龄低于非未遂者;自杀未遂者的巴雷特冲动量表(BIS-11)冲动得分较高,而血清 CRP 和皮质醇水平较低,表明皮质醇和 CRP 水平与具有 NSSI 的青少年 MDD 患者中的 SA 呈负相关。此外,多元回归分析显示,过去一个月的 NSSI 频率和 CRP 水平是具有 NSSI 的青少年 MDD 自杀意念的预测因子,这可能表明 NSSI 行为的频率增加是自杀的潜在危险因素。此外,我们还探讨了心理和血液生化指标之间的相关性,以区分具有 NSSI 的青少年 MDD 中的自杀未遂者,并确定了一个独特的相关网络,可作为自杀未遂者的标志物。我们的研究数据进一步表明,冲动和愤怒的心理和行为指标之间存在复杂的相关性。因此,我们的研究结果可能为识别具有 NSSI 的青少年 MDD 患者中 SA 的良好临床预警信号提供线索。