Suicide risk characteristics among aborted, interrupted, and actual suicide attempters

Characteristics of impulsive suicide attempts and attempters.

Suicide attempts often are impulsive, yet little is known about the characteristics of impulsive suicide. We examined impulsive suicide attempts within a population-based, case-control study of nearly lethal suicide attempts among people 13-34 years of age. Attempts were considered impulsive if the respondent reported spending less than 5 minutes between the decision to attempt suicide and the ...

Risk factors of future suicide in suicide attempters

Social support among European suicide attempters

In order to measure social support among suicide attempters, an instrument was especially designed to be included in the follow-up interview study being part of the WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on Parasuicide which is carried out in cooperation with EC Concerted Action on Attempted Suicide. In this paper, which is to be the first in a series, the theories behind the design and the methodology are...

Comparing the Relationship between Focus of Attention and Attention Bias in Suicide and Non-suicide Attempters

Objective: Suicide rate is unfortunately increasing in recent years and its assessment is a must. Most studies have evaluated different factors like personality, depression, or environment in suicide attempters but cognitive functions have been overlooked in suicide attempters. The current research aimed to evaluate a kind of cognitive function, namely attention in survivors of suicide.  ...

Comparison of Dissociative Experiences and Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Between Suicide Ideators and Suicide Attempters

Introduction: The purpose of this study was to compare the Dissociative Experiences and a six-dimensional conceptualization of emotion dysregulation between people who have suicide ideation and suicide attempt. Methods: Participants were patients referred to Imam Hasan Hospital of North Khorasan with suicide Attempts, and to Psychiatric clinics in north Khorasan who had suicide ideation. In a c...