Association between history of suicide attempts and family functioning in bipolar disorder

To investigate the association between history of suicide attempts (SA) and family functioning in bipolar disorder (BD) patients.Thirty-one BD type I patients with lifetime history of SA, 31 BD type I with no lifetime history of SA, participating in the Outpatient Clinic of the Bipolar Disorder Program at the Institute of Psychiatry of the University of São Paulo Medical School were recruited for this study. We used the Family Assessment Device...