Resource Tag: ISRAEL

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This study examined the personality variable of self-disclosure & its relationship to depression, anxiety, & suicidal behaviour in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Of the 87 adolescents who were assessed, 53 had made a suicide attempt & 34 had never shown any suicial behaviour during their lifetime. There was a significant relationship between suicidality & low levels […]

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The association between exposure to antidepressants & suicidality was evaluated in a cohort of elderly Israeli patients suffering from major depressive disorder. This was a retrospective matched case-controlled evaluation over a 10-year period. The index group comprised 101 patients who had attempted suicide in the month prior to admission. The proportion of patients exposed to […]

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Please see SIEC #2006-0105 for the Barak et al article.

The current study tested the hypothesis that quality of life (QOL) is negatively associated with a history of suicidality in patients with schizophrenia. The authors found that patients who had attempted suicide multiple times were less satisfied with regard to a larger number of life domains than nonattempters & single attempters. Dissatisfaction with QOL in […]

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The underlying question of the present study was whether suicide attempt & suicidal ideation are derived from the same personality dynamic among psychiatric outpatients. Participants included 80 patients with a history of attempt & 92 without such a history. All were evaluated with the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire & with the Beck Suicide Inventory. Data analyses […]

The main objective of the present study is to enrich current understanding regarding the role of personality traits in the explanation of suicide attempt behaviour. More specifically, it employs Cloninger’s 3 personality dimensions as a tool for predicting suicide attempt behaviour among psychiatric patients. Findings suggest that psychiatric patients with a history of suicide attempt […]

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An earlier version of this article was published in Omega, v.46, no.4, (2002-2003).

The Computerized Suicide Risk Scale based on backpropagation neural networks (CSRS-BP) has recently been found efficient in the detection of records of patients who performed medically serious suicide attempts (MSSA). The authors sought to validate the CSRS-BP by 1) using it with patients instead of records; 2) comparing the ability of expert psychiatrists to detect […]

An exploratory study of 83 randomly selected elderly persons relocated to a nursing home was conducted in the north of Israel. The aim was to examine the relationship between duration of residency & suicidal ideation. Elderly people in 4 different periods of residency were compared on 3 scales. Participants at all 4 stages of relocation […]

This study examines the prevalence of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) among battered women in Israel & the associated psychological distress. The authors inquire into the psychological reactions of battered women in comparison to women who experienced other types of traumas by examining PTSD rates & intensity of psychiatric symptoms & suicide risk. The results showed […]