Resource Tag: SUICIDAL PROCESS

Using a heuristic model of suicide ideation & behaviour, the 2 objectives of this study were to identify correlates of unique suicide-related outcomes & specific transitions from one suicide-related category to the next. Analyses were conducted with data from the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism. There were 3,729 subjects, all 18 years & […]

This paper focuses on theoretical, empirical, & clinical accounts of self-destructive processes in the general population, with a particular focus on suicidal individuals. The theoretical perspective includes views on self-destruction as: a motivated wish or need; an outcome of emotional distress; an outcome of distorted cognitions; & as a general personality feature. These studies show […]

The scientific development of psychology-based suicidology during the past 50 years recognizes a psychological process which precedes the suicide act. This process is also a discursive process, as the individual immerses himself in an internal suicidal discourse, which is shaped by cultural norms, common language, & influenced by biological, cognitive, & affective mechanisms. The authors […]

This article focuses on suicide in jails following arrest & lockup. The paper begins with a description of suicide patterns in jails & prisons, followed by a discussion of the experience of arrest & incarceration. Other topics discussed include: negligence, deliberate indifference, punishment, & foreseeability; case law from the United States; & recomendations related to […]

This study explored the suicidal process, suicidal communication, & psychosocial situation of young suicide attempters in a rural community in Hanoi, Vietnam. Semi-structured interviews were conducted, in a community setting, with 19 suicide attempters, aged 15-24. In 12 of 19 cases, the first pressing, distinct, & constant suicidal thoughts appeared less than one day before […]

This study investigated violent & nonviolent suicidal acts in men & women with severe depression. The records of 98 Swedish suicide victims admitted to hospital between 1956-1969 were evaluated. Subjects were monitored up to 1998. The female group displayed a significant linear trend for nonviolent completed suicide after one suicide attempt, & even more significantly, […]

This study described individuals who reported suicide ideation but neither met the criteria for major depression nor were in contact with mental health services in the previous year. Data were drawn from the Canadian Community Health Survey: Mental Health & Well-Being (2002). Almost one-half of 584 respondents reporting suicide ideation were without both major depression […]

Life charts of psychological autopsy information from multiple informants were used to identify the suicidal process among 27 young people (average age at death of 20.9 years) who died by suicide. Three types of suicidal process were identified: Group 1 characterized by longstanding difficulties which spanned the developmental domains of home, school, & peers. The […]

This edited book has the following chapters: the suicidal process & related concepts; the epidemiology of the suicidal process; stress & suicidal behaviours; the biological interface between psychotraumatic experiences & affective dysregulation; psychological aspects; personality constellations & suicidal behaviour; ethology; towards a psychobiological model; suicide risk assessment & the suicidal-process approach; the suicidal process & […]

Path analyses were applied to test a model that includes internalizing & externalizing behaviour problems as predictors of suicidal behaviours in children. Parents of an inpatient sample of 87 boys, mean age 9.81 years, rated the frequency of suicide ideation & completed standardized measures of behaviour problems. Blind raters rated the severity of the children’s […]

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Objective  To test the hypothesis that self-injurious behavior (SIB) signals an attempt to cope with psychological distress that may co-occur or lead to suicidal behaviors in individuals experiencing more duress than they can effectively mitigate. Design  Analysis of a cross-sectional data set of college-age students. Setting  Two universities in the northeastern United States in the […]

The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a […]

Based on a nationwide psychological autopsy study of all 1397 suicides in Finland during one year, 60 victims who had suffered from cancer were compared with the others. Victims with cancer were significantly older & more often male which required adjusting the control group for age & gender. Victims with cancer had more pain & […]

The chapters in this edited book cover theory, research, & clinical applications of cognitive therapy, rational emotive behavior therapy, dialectical behaviour therapy, voice therapy, & constructivism. The book also explores the cognitive aspects of suicidality, such as overgeneral memory, body-mind connection, perfectionism, problem solving deficits, & the ameliorating effects positive cognitions have. Finally, it examines […]

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The authors sought to increase their understanding of the subjective experience of the suicidal individual & to identify factors that contribute to survival following a suicide attempt. They found that feelings of sadness, depression, disappointment, & emptiness were the emotions most often experienced by participants in the period immediately following their attempts. By contrast, respondents […]

The assumed ordinal relationship between seriously considering, planning, & attempting suicide in the 1990 Youth Risk Behavior Survey was examined by constructing a trajectory that identified all possible response patterns among the 4 questions measuring suicidal activity. Significant differences between means of dependent variables at each level of the normative trajectory supported the hypothesis that […]

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”

Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”