Scientific Letter: High-intent suicide and the Beck’s Suicide Intent scale: a case report

High-intent suicide and the Beck's Suicide Intent Scale: a case report.

Combining the Suicide Intent Scale and the Karolinska Interpersonal Violence Scale in suicide risk assessments

BACKGROUND High suicide intent, childhood trauma, and violent behavior are risk factors for suicide in suicide attempters. The aim of this study was to investigate whether the combined assessment of suicide intent and interpersonal violence would provide a better prediction of suicide risk than an assessment of only suicide intent or interpersonal violence. METHODS This is a cohort study invo...

Attempted Suicide and Seriousness of Intent.

This descriptive research was conducted to estimate the method of suicide and suicidal intent among hospitalised suicide attempters at Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) Hospital, Wah Cantt, from December 2012 to June 2013. Data were collected from 49 hospitalised suicide attempters through purposive sampling technique by using Suicidal Intent Scale. Majority of suicide attempters (92%) used self...

A cross-national study on gender differences in suicide intent

BACKGROUND Suicide accounts for over 58,000 deaths in Europe per annum, where suicide attempts are estimated to be 20 times higher. Males have been found to have a disproportionately lower rate of suicide attempts and an excessively higher rate of suicides compared to females. The gender difference in suicide intent is postulated to contribute towards this gender imbalance. The aim of this stud...

Prevention of suicide: police powers, parliamentary intent and judicial interpretation.

While in most countries suicide is no longer a crime, it is also acknowledged that the state has an interest in the preservation of human life, the prevention of suicide, and the protection of vulnerable persons from harming themselves. In a civil, secular and democratic society, however, the public law principle of state protective powers has to be balanced against the private law principle of...