Resource Tag: LIFE CHANGE EVENTS

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The first objective was to identify the provoking events of suicide in patients with schizophrenia or schizoid-type disorder, and to assess the humiliation component of these events. The second objective was to verify if quality of care during childhood is a vulnerability factor for suicide in patients with schizophrenia or schizoid-type psychosis. Thirty-three cases of […]

Life stressor precipitants and communications of distress and suicide intent were examined among a sample of United States Air Force (USAF) married versus unmarried suicide decedents. A total of 100 death investigations conducted by the Office of Special Investigations on active duty USAF suicides occurring between 1996 and 2006 were retrospectively reviewed. Married decedents were […]

Background: The transition from adolescence to adulthood is associated with stressful adaptation experiences that may increase symptoms of depression. We explored the prevalence and sex differences of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in freshmen Latino college students in Puerto Rico, and identified stressful life events that could contribute to symptoms of depression. Methods: Two thousand […]

Severity of depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation were examined to determine whether they were significantly associated with the accuracy of suicidal adolescents’ ratings of stressful life events. The sample included 130 inpatient adolescents who endorsed suicide-related behaviors.

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Depression can be a pathway to older menÕs suicide, yet the mechanisms by which this can occur are poorly understood. A qualitative study of 22 older men who self-identified or were formally diagnosed with depression was conducted to describe the connections between masculinity, depression, and suicide. Analyses of individual interviews revealed that cumulative losses around […]

The objective of this research was to examine whether the Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale, a life event scale, can be used to identify suicide attempters. The Holmes-Rahe Social Readjustment Rating Scale’s ability to identify suicide attempters was tested in 1183 subjects (478 suicide attempters, 197 psychiatric inpatients, and 508 healthy controls) using the Fisher […]

The psychological autopsy (PA) is a systematic method to understand the psychological and contextual circumstances preceding suicide. The method requires interviews with one or more proxy respondents (i.e., informants) of decedents. The methodological challenges that need to be addressed when determining the content of these research interviews for PA studies are described and recommendations are […]

The assessment of suicide risk is a complex task for mental health professionals. Certain demographic groups are associated with completed suicide including males, divorced adults, and Caucasians. However, demographic variables alone provide a crude assessment of suicide risk. Psychiatric diagnosis and recent life events might improve the identification of high-risk individuals.

Research investigating the role of generalized beliefs about the world or worldviews is relatively scarce in the suicide literature. Two studies, using Hong Kong Chinese samples, examined how worldviews, as assessed by the Social Axioms Survey (SAS), were linked with individual vulnerability to suicide. In Study 1, we investigated the relationships of social axioms with […]

The Government of Nunavut, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc., the Embrace Life Council, & the Royal Canadian Mounted Police formed a partnership to develop a suicide prevention strategy for Nunavut. The strategy begins with the Partner’s vision for a healthier Nunavut. It then examines the current situation, & the historical & present-day factors that underlie & perpetuate […]

This study examined features of a sample of newly admitted suicidal psychiatric patients in Tokyo. 155 patients consecutively admitted during a 20-month period were assessed. Associations of psychiatric diagnoses & suicidal behaviour-related characteristics with gender & age were examined. Features of the sample were the high prevalence of affective disorders, anxiety disorders, & borderline personality […]

Relationships between traumatic life events & suicide risk were studied in 2 samples of jail inmates, 216 with low suicide risk & 51 with high suicide risk. Suicidal inmates reported a higher prevalence of traumatic life events, including more episodes of sexual abuse, physical maltreatment, emotional maltreatment, abandonment, & suicide attempts by significant others. They […]

Major negative life events are associated with higher suicidality. In this association, 2 mediating paths were hypothesized: via minor negative life events, & via depression. 96 adolescent primary care patients were recruited. Minor negative life events were associated with depressive symptoms & suicidality. Depressive symptoms were associated with suicidality. Depressive symptoms mediated the association of […]

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164 suicide cases with impulsivity scores based on the Barratt Impulsivity Scale were investigated. To examine the most extreme phenotypes, 100 suicide cases, representing subjects with scores above the seventieth percentile & below the thirtieth percentile were compared on clinical, behavioural, & psychosocial risk factors. The impulsive suicide cases were significantly younger, exhibited higher measures […]

This study examines the moderating effect of explanatory style on the relationship between negative life experiences & suicide ideation in a college student sample. A total of 138 participants completed a self-report psychosocial assessment. Optimistic explanatory style mitigated the influence of negative & potentially traumatic life events on thoughts of suicide, above & beyond the […]

This study compared 45 cases of suicide/undetermined death with 40 living controls using psychological autopsy in south-east Scotland. Cases & controls did not differ significantly in severity of mental disorder. Adverse interpersonal events within the family & adverse physical health-related events were significantly more common in cases than controls. Recent adverse life events contributed to […]

The differences between Chinese suicide victims with & without mental disorders were examined. 66 suicides (45 with mental disorders, 21 without) & 66 living controls were studied with psychological autopsy interviews. Suicides with & without psychiatric diagnoses had significant differences in many demographic & social factors. In comparison to suicides with psychiatric diagnoses, suicides without […]

19 adolescent suicides were investigated using psychological autopsies. All adolescents had one or more mental disorders at time of their death; almost half were diagnosed with personality disorders. Adjustment disorders were diagnosed in one-firth of the sample, which appears to be relevant given the multiple life events & other psychosocial problems which the adolescents were […]

A questionnaire-guided interview of families of 29 Bahraini suicide cases from 1996-2005 was conducted in their homes by a social worker. Medical & pscyhiatric files were examined to complete the data. More victims were male,young, single or divorced, unemployed, & with a low education level compared with the general population. The majority of victims had […]

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