Pain persistence and lethality of suicide attempts

Suicide intent and accurate expectations of lethality: predictors of medical lethality of suicide attempts.

The degree of intent to commit suicide and the severity of self-injury were examined in individuals (N = 180) who had recently attempted suicide. Although a minimal association was found between the degree of suicide intent and the degree of lethality of the attempt, the accuracy of expectations about the likelihood of dying was found to moderate the relationship between suicide intent and leth...

Melancholia and the probability and lethality of suicide attempts.

We compared suicide attempts associated with melancholic v. non-melancholic major depression in 377 patients. Controlling for depression severity and other covariates, melancholia at baseline assessment was associated with more serious past suicide attempts and with the probability of suicide attempt during follow-up.

Does ethnicity matter in risk and protective factors for suicide attempts and suicide lethality?

This study explored ethnic differences in risk and protective factors for suicide attempts, for the major ethnic groups in Singapore, and ethnic differences in prediction of lethality. Three years of medical records related to suicide attempters (N = 666) who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore were subjected to analysis. Of the sample, 69.2% were...

Declines in the Lethality of Suicide Attempts Explain the Decline in Suicide Deaths in Australia

BACKGROUND To investigate the epidemiology of a steep decrease in the incidence of suicide deaths in Australia. METHODS National data on suicide deaths and deliberate self-harm for the period 1994-2007 were obtained from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. We calculated attempt and death rates for five major methods and the lethality of these methods. Negative binomial regression ...

Severe suicide attempts in young adults: suicide intent is correlated with medical lethality.