Do you see What I see? Patient and Clinicial Perceptions of Underlying Dimensions of Suicidality

The ways in which clinicians & patients perceive several theoretical dimensions related to suicide, e.g. psychological pain, external stressors, agitation/emotional upsetness, self-regard & hopelessness, are investigated. Data from this study’s sample suggest that clinicians & parasuicidal patients independently perceived most of these dimensions similarly, with the exception of agitation/emotional upsetness (perturbation). The implications of these findings are discussed. (19 refs.)