Individuals with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for suicide attempts and completion. Although anxiety may be a modifiable suicide risk factor among bipolar patients, anxiety disorder comorbidity has not been highlighted as critical in identification of high-risk individuals nor has its treatment been integrated into suicide prevention strategies. In this study, ancillary to the Systemat...

BACKGROUND While several studies have demonstrated that gay and bisexual men are at increased risk of suicide less attention has been given to the processes that generate the inherent inequity with the mainstream population. This study tested whether syndemic theory can explain the excess suicide burden in a sample of Canadian gay and bisexual men. Syndemic theory accounts for co-occurring and ...

OBJECTIVE Mental illness and suicidal ideation are among the strongest correlates of suicidal behaviors, but few adolescents with these risk factors make a suicide attempt. Therefore, it is critical to identify factors associated with the transition from suicide ideation to attempts. The present study tested whether deficits in cognitive control in the context of suicide-relevant stimuli (ie, s...

Suicide explains the largest number of death tolls among Japanese adolescents in their twenties and thirties. Suicide is also a major cause of death for adolescents in many other countries. Although social isolation has been implicated to influence the tendency to suicidal behavior, the impact of social isolation on suicide in the context of explicit social networks of individuals is scarcely e...

BACKGROUND Attempted and completed suicide constitute a major public health problem among young people world-wide, including South Africa (SA). Suicide attempt and completed suicide increase during the adolescent period. One in 5 adolescents considers attempting suicide, but statistics are frequently unreliable. METHODS Data for this study were derived from the 2002 and 2008 South African You...

background : suicidal behavior and hiv/aids are considered as significant public health concerns. hiv infection has been associated with elevated risk of suicidal ideation. methods and materials: cross-sectional and descriptive research design was used to record socio-demographic data of the study. the suicidal ideation scale beck was used to determine and measure the frequency of suicide ideat...

OBJECTIVE Little is known about the magnitude and consequences of violence against children for those living outside family care. We sought to estimate the frequency of childhood abuse and examine its association with lifetime pregnancy involvement (LPI) and past year suicide ideation among orphaned youth. METHODS We analyzed data collected via cross-sectional interviewer-administered surveys...

93 Insomnia Symptoms, Nightmares, and Suicidal Ideation—Nadorff et al SUICIDE IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM IN THE UNITED STATES. HERON ET AL.1 REPORT THAT SUICIDE WAS THE 11TH LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE UNITED States in 2006, accounting for 33,300 deaths. Although the etiology of suicidal behavior appears to be complex, steps toward understanding it can be made through the identification of suic...

BACKGROUND Few studies have investigated risk factors for suicidal ideation and attempts, or possible variations in them, among representative samples of psychiatric patients with major depressive disorder. METHOD As part of the Vantaa Depression Study in Vantaa, Finland, 269 patients with DSM-IV major depressive disorder (MDD), diagnosed by interview using semistructured World Health Organiz...