OBJECTIVE To measure changes in suicidal behaviours during 6 months of treatment with antidepressants. METHOD A group of depressed patients (n = 195) were assessed for suicidal behaviours in the 6 months prior to treatment. They were prospectively assessed for suicidal behaviours during 6 months of treatment with antidepressants. RESULTS Patients who made suicide attempts fell from 39 in th...

Objective: In patients with a history of suicidal depression, recurrence of depressive symptoms can easily reactivate suicidal thinking. This study investigated whether training in mindfulness, which is aimed at helping patients “decenter” from negative thinking, may help to weaken the link between depressive symptoms and suicidal cognitions. Method: Analyses were based on data from a recent ra...

OBJECTIVES To examine predictive power of psychache and life satisfaction on risks for suicidal ideation and suicide attempt among young people. DESIGN A cross-sectional study. SETTING Data were collected from an online survey in Wuhan, China. PARTICIPANTS 5988 university students from six universities were selected by a stratified cluster sampling method. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME ...

OBJECTIVE Schizophrenia has been associated with a high rate of suicide. This study investigates the prevalence of suicidal ideation in a population of inpatients with acute schizophrenia, together with the clinical parameters associated with suicidal thoughts. METHOD We assessed 93 schizophrenia patients. We matched subjects for age and sex and compared subjects with and without suicidal tho...

Suicidal behavior is a major health risk in psychiatric disorders, especially in affective and psychotic disorders. The neurobiology of suicidal behavior is still unclear. Suicidality has been related to a reduced cholesterol levels. The aim of this study was to evaluate serum cholesterol concentrations in suicidal and non-suicidal men suffering from persistent delusional disorder and in health...

OBJECTIVE In patients with a history of suicidal depression, recurrence of depressive symptoms can easily reactivate suicidal thinking. In this study, we investigated whether training in mindfulness, which is aimed at helping patients "decenter" from negative thinking, could help weaken the link between depressive symptoms and suicidal cognitions. METHOD Analyses were based on data from a rec...

Suicidal deaths and behavior in young people are major public health concerns. This study investigated the role of childhood sexual abuse (CSA), self-esteem, childhood gender nonconformity (CGN) and parental attachment in predicting suicidal ideation and attempts in 1203 (696 women) Turkish university students. Participants filled in a self-report questionnaire containing questions about suicid...

Remarkably little is known regarding the temporal course of adolescent suicidal ideation and behavior, the prediction of suicidal attempts from changes in suicidal ideation, or the prediction of suicidal attempts after accounting for suicidal ideation as a predictor. A sample of 143 adolescents 12-15 years old was assessed during psychiatric inpatient hospitalization and again at 3, 6, 9, 15, a...

PURPOSE Being bullied is associated with the manifestation of suicidal feelings, which sharply increase in middle(-late) adolescence. Whether or not bullied middle(-late) adolescents with suicidal feelings seek help is therefore a critical issue, given that help-seeking plays a key role in the prevention of suicide. The aim of the present study is to investigate the effects of bullying, suicida...