Non-suicidal self-injury as autonomous diagnosis – implications for research and clinic of the DSM-5 proposal to establish the diagnosis of Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in adolescentsIn both classificatory systems DSM-IV and ICD-10 self-injury is a symptom ...
Dialectical-behavioral outpatient therapy for adolescents with impulsive and self-harming behaviorAbstract. A slightly modified version of the Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy for Adolescents (DBT-A) for impulsive ...
Assessment and therapy of suicidality in adolescence: the most important recommendations of the current guidelineAbstract. Due to the clinical relevance of suicidal risks, suicide attempts, and suicides in ...
Psychotherapeutic interventions for suicidal adolescents – a systematic review of the current literatureAbstract. Although suicidal thoughts and behaviors are common in adolescents, the German guidelines for ...
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and Suicidality in AdolescenceAbstract. Both Non-Suicidal Self-Injury (NSSI) and suicidality (such as suicidal ideation, suicide attempts) start in adolescence. The last years have seen an increasing differentiation ...
Low-threshold trauma-focused group intervention for traumatised adolescents with a migration background: The influence of non-suicidal self-injurious behaviour and suicidalityAbstract. In order to meet the high ...
Suicidality is a frequently observed but unfortunately frequently overlooked phenomenon. Every year over 1000 persons in Switzerland commit suicide; the number of attempted suicides is much higher. If suicidality is recognized promptly, appropriately ...
Antidepressants and Suicidality: A Contradiction?Abstract. In 2004, the European and American authorities released a black-box warning on antidepressants indicating an association with an ...
Scale for Suicidal Experience and Behavior (SSEV): Factor Structure and Psychometric PropertiesAbstract. Suicide ideation and suicide behavior occur commonly in clinical contexts. While various instruments for the assessment of suicidality have ...
Suicidality in childhood and adolescence - Introduction to the special issueAbstract. Suicide in adolescence is an issue that concerns not only child and adolescent psychiatrists, but physicians in other fields as well. Avoidable mistakes, such as ...
Suicidal, parasuicidal and self injurious behavior in patients with borderline symptoms. First data of a pilot study on dialectical-behavioral therapy for adolescents (DBT-A)Abstract. In Germany suicide ranks as the second and in the USA as the third ...
Improvement of knowledge and attitudes towards depression in adolescents: Development and evaluation of an information bookletMany adolescents still lack knowledge about depression and possess negative attitudes towards mental health difficulties. ...
Victims of bullying at school: Depression, suicidality, and self-harm in German adolescentsThe suffering caused by school bullying is tremendous, and the risk for emotional and behavioural problems is increased for both victims and perpetrators as well ...
Validation of the Suicidal Ideation and Behavior Scale (SIBS-C) for Use With Children and AdolescentsAbstract:Theoretical Background: Suicidal ideation and suicidal behavior are common among children and adolescents. In German-...
The role of sleep in psychiatric illness in general, and depression and suicidality in particular, is poorly understood and has not been well researched despite the pervasiveness of sleep complaints in these conditions. As an exploratory, hypothesis-...
This study investigates the epidemiology and psychiatric morbidity of the wish to be dead, suicidal ideation, and suicidal intent in a group of elderly persons (> 70 years). A representative community sample of 516 persons aged 70 to 105 was extensively ...
Summary: Adolescents struggling against anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa often experience self-punishing thoughts and behaviors, including self-mutilation, and suicidal ideation and attempts. These arise out of the profound anguish and despair ...
Abstract. Assertive community treatment appears to have limited impact on the risk of suicide in persons with severe and persistent mental illness (SPMI). This exploratory prospective study attempts to understand this observation by studying the ...
The objectives of this paper were to examine the personality variable of self-disclosure, or the tendency to share feelings with others, and its relationship to depression, anxiety, and suicidal behavior in adolescent psychiatric inpatients. Of the 87 ...
Background. Previous research has shown some maladaptive psychological reactions and even increased incidence of various mental disorders in patients with spinal cord injury during their rehabilitation. Self-concept and suicidal risk in particular have ...
Background: The present paper is based on a WHO Collaborative Cross-National Study “Health Behavior in School-Aged Children (HBSC).” Aims: It aimed at describing and analyzing how the sexual behaviors of 13- to 15-year-old Estonian school children were ...
Background: Suicidal behavior in adolescence is a public health concern and has serious consequences for adolescents and their families. There is, however, a paucity of data on this subject from sub-Saharan Africa, hence the need for this study. Aims: A ...
Background: Relatively little is known about the role of protective factors in an Arab population in the presence of suicidal risk factors. Aims: To examine the role of protective factors in a subsample of in large Arab Kindred participants in the ...
Background: The PRISM-S task was developed at the Crisis Intervention Center (KIZ) Winterthur, Switzerland, to enable an assessment of the degree of suicidality in less than 5 minutes with a simple, visual instrument. Aims: Comparison of validity and ...
Background: Studies have consistently reported high rates of suicidal ideation (SI) among individuals with disordered gambling. None have explored gambling-related familicidal-suicidal ideation (FSI). Aims: This study examined the (1) prevalence of SI and ...
Background: Individuals with Asperger syndrome (AS) may be at higher risk for attempting suicide compared to the general population. Aims: This study examines the issue of suicidality in adults with AS. Method: An online survey was completed by 50 adults ...
Abstract.Background: The role of self-management of suicidality was investigated as part of a larger qualitative study of suicidality among people with experience of mental illness in New Zealand. Aims: To ...
Abstract.Background and Aims: Suicidality research in developing countries, including India, faces logistical and cultural challenges. Technology may help address these challenges and offer data to providers treating a diverse ...
Abstract.Background: Bullying and suicidality are serious worldwide problems with negative effects on the young population and therefore international comparisons in this field are of paramount importance. Aims: To ...
Abstract.Background: It is a peculiar fact that the deadliest psychiatric disturbance – suicidality – cannot be formally diagnosed. Suicidal behavior disorder (SBD), a condition for further study in the DSM-5, is ...
Abstract.Background: A substantial number of people with cancer endorse suicidality when compared with the general population. Thus, oncology healthcare workers may experience the death of a patient to suicide over ...
Abstract.Background: Despite great need, social support is limited after suicide loss, which could contribute to worse mental health outcomes including increased suicidality among suicide loss survivors. Aims: To ...
Abstract.Background: Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a strong predictor of suicide attempts (SA). Characteristics of NSSI have been shown to influence the NSSI–SA relationship; however, the temporal nature of ...
Abstract.Background: Suicide prevention efforts have focused on risk factors that help identify people with an increased risk for suicide. One risk factor related to suicide risk is anxiety sensitivity cognitive ...
Abstract.Background: Patient disclosure of prior suicidal behaviors is critical for effectively managing suicide risk; however, many attempts go undisclosed. Aims: The current study explored how responses following ...
Abstract.Background: Suicide is a serious public health problem for LGBTQ+ adolescents and young adults. Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) is one of the few suicide treatment models that has been tested with ...
Abstract:Background: Suicide ideation among adolescents is difficult to treat. Attachment-based family therapy (ABFT) is a promising evidence-based family intervention developed to decrease depressive symptoms and ...
Abstract. The Personal Suicide Stigma Questionnaire (PSSQ) is a new scale assessing the experience of stigma in those who have been suicidal. This study examined the construct validity of the scale using a sample of participants from the ...
Abstract. Nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) is a prevalent, pervasive, clinically significant behavior in adolescents, frequently associated with serious social, physical, and psychological consequences. It is characterized by high comorbidity ...