scholarly journals Singing about suicidal behaviors: An analysis of Spanish Punk Music (1981-2010)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabián Pavez ◽  
Gabrielle Jenkin ◽  
Pedro Marset ◽  
Sunny Collings
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Medical Problem ◽  
Suicidal Thought ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Suicidal Behaviors ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Meanings ◽  
Song Lyrics ◽  
Musical Genres

Introduction and Objectives. The exploration of popular attitudes to suicide by investigating their depictions in art has been defended in literature on the grounds that suicide is not simply a 'medical problem'. The complex nature of suicide is deeply embedded and mirrored in social, cultural, and historical narratives. This study describes the frequency of references to suicidal behavior in the song lyrics of Spanish punk bands, between 1981-2010. The results are compared with published studies of other musical genres. Methods. Discographies of the most representative punk bands in Spain, between 1981 and 2010, were reviewed. Instrumental songs and those sung in languages other than Spanish were excluded. Contents of song lyrics were analyzed looking for references to suicidal behaviors, defined as: non-suicidal self-injuries, suicidal thoughts, suicide attempts and suicide. Main outcome measures: Frequency of references over the entire period. Results. Of 2,995 songs studied (2.64%, n=79) alluded to suicide-related behavior (only one reference to non-suicidal self-injuries). Discussion. Depictions of suicide in music are scarcely studied. Frequency of references to suicidal behavior in lyrics of Spanish punk songs are far below those described in a previous study addressing depictions of completed suicides, non-fatal suicide and suicidal thought in 337 Western operas written between 1607 and 2006 (2.64% vs 33%). Our understanding of the social meanings of suicide in music would be greatly facilitated by the replication of these studies to other musical genres and languages. This would allow for comparisons to illuminate common themes and nuanced differences between genres and languages.

scholarly journals Depression As a Strong Prediction of Suicide Risk

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 52
Author(s):  
Rofingatul Mubasyiroh ◽  
Julianty Pradono ◽  
Enung Nurkhotimah ◽  
Nunik Kusumawardani ◽  
Sri Idaiani
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Suicidal Thought ◽  
World Health ◽  
Suicidal Thoughts ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Suicidal Intent ◽  
The Social ◽  
Independent Variable ◽  
Health Organization

Suicide happens throughout one’s life and is a serious health problem. World Health Organization (WHO) placed suicidal problem as society health priority. Many things is related to suicide, among others mental disorders like depression, anxiety, alcohol consumption behavior, life pressure experienced, financial problem, personal relation, or so is chronic illness experienced, conflict occurred, disaster, harassment, alienation social demography characteristic. Objective research to identify the risk factor of suicidal thought in several regions in Indonesia. The study design was Cross sectional research conducted in 3 (three) districts/cities in Indonesia. Proportional illustration Sample taken conducted using stratified random sampling.  Fixed variables analyzed such as the suicidal thoughts with the independent variable are gender, age, marital status, education, employment, ownership statistic, depression, anxiety. Univariate, bivariate and multivariate using the SPSS software. The result of the research showed that suicidal behavior happened more often to depressed individual, lived in the cities, anxious, productive age group, has low education level. Respondent suffered through depression 11 times more likely to have suicidal thoughts. The risk of suicidal behavior also increased 5 times to respondent in the cities. Respondent living anxiety 2 times riskier to have suicidal intent. Blue collar respondent also 2 times more risk in comparison to civil servants to have suicidal intent. Therefore it can be concluded that The influence of psychological factors is more substantial to inflict suicidal behavior, even though there is also effect of the social economy factor.

Validation of the Suicidal Behavior Exposure Scale in First Responders

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 453-458
Author(s):  
Caitlin Wolford-Clevenger ◽  
Phillip N. Smith ◽  
Shane Kuhlman ◽  
Ronald Morgan ◽  
Tres Stefurak
Keyword(s):  
Factor Structure ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
First Responders ◽  
National Database ◽  
Suicidal Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Convenience Sample ◽  
Scale Reliability

Abstract. Background: First responders (e.g., emergency medical technicians, firefighters) may be at higher suicide risk than the general population due to frequent exposure to suicidal behaviors of others. Aims: We aimed to confirm the factor structure, scale reliability, and convergent validity of a new measure of suicidal exposure, the Suicidal Behaviors Exposure Scale, in first responders. Method: Using a cross-sectional web-based survey, we recruited 862 participants (81.3% male, mean age = 40.23, SD = 11.88) from a national database and southeastern state-based organization of first responders. Results: Confirmatory factor analysis resulted in a generally poor fit for the three-factor structure (exposure to suicidal communication, indirect exposure to suicide attempts/deaths, direct exposure to suicide attempts/deaths). However, good scale reliability and convergent validity were demonstrated. Limitations: The cross-sectional design, a convenience sample, and the low percentage of women comprise the limitations of this study. Conclusion: The Suicidal Behavior Exposure Scale requires additional development and validation before use in a first-responder sample. Future work should also examine other aspects of reliability and validity, namely, measurement invariance across groups and time.

scholarly journals Risk factors reduction in suicidal youth through social connectedness opportunities provided by community services

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-121
Author(s):  
Marie Robert ◽  
Annie Desgranges ◽  
Monique Séguin ◽  
Guy Beauchamp
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Risk Factors ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Mental Health Problems ◽  
Occupational Status ◽  
Community Services ◽  
Suicidal Behaviors ◽  
Axis I

Aim This study examined the trajectory (life course) of youths, referred to community services following their suicidal behavior, in order to measure the extent to which these young people have taken this opportunity to modify connectedness with family, school, and workplace, and to change high-risk factors related to suicidal behaviors (mental health problems, delinquency, drug consumption). Method Fifteen youths (aged 16-19), who made one or more suicide attempts or had serious ideation in the previous 24 to 48 months, were referred to community services (Vallée-Jeunesse). They were interviewed using an intensive personal interview measures (Trajectory Instrument Measure, TIM) in order to document significant life events and adversities that occured during different periods of their life.In addition, we administered the Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis-I and Axis-II disorders (SCID-I and SCID-II) to identify past and current psychopathologies. Results Several important changes took place following their entry into the community services: a reduction in delinquency and substance abuse/dependence, and positive changes in occupational status and suicidal behaviors (ideation and suicide attempt). Conclusion Our findings can inform policies and strategies that support the prevention of suicidal behavior among young adults. Community services providers can play a role in the prevention of suicidal behaviors for the most vulnerable youths. These types of services could complement traditional suicide prevention strategies, which are mostly mental-health based.

scholarly journals Characteristics, causality, and suicidal behavior: a qualitative study of family members with suicide history in Wonogiri, Indonesia

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 169-178
Author(s):  
Susana Nurtanti ◽  
Sri Handayani ◽  
Nita Yunianti Ratnasari ◽  
Putri Halimu Husna ◽  
Tantut Susanto
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Suicidal Behaviors ◽  
Religious Activities ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Semistructured Interviews ◽  
History Of

AbstractObjectiveThis study explored the characteristics, causality, and suicidal behavior among family members with suicide history in Wonogiri, Central Java, Indonesia.MethodsQualitative semistructured interviews were conducted with 15 family members who had made suicide attempts. The interviews directly explored the relationships among characteristics, causality, and suicidal behavior. The research data were analyzed using the Miles and Huberman approach.ResultsThe results indicate that there are relationships among characteristics, causality, and suicidal behaviors. The characteristics contributing to suicide attempts were male gender, age (adolescence and old age), lack of religious activities, introvert nature, low economic status, chronic diseases, unemployment, and a history of family members with suicide attempts. The causality of suicide was joblessness, economic crisis, unemployment, family conditions, personality disorder, depression, sickness, and suicide ideation.ConclusionsThe findings highlight the relationships among characteristics, causality, and suicidal behaviors. Suicide occurs when individuals have some problems that they cannot solve because of the lack of family support. The causal factors were related to one another, which caused the suicidal behavior. One of the most effective suicide prevention strategies is educating the community on how to identify suicidal signs and increase social supports.

A Review of Advances in Social Sciences and their Application for Research in Suicidal Behavior

2017 ◽  
Vol 41 (S1) ◽  
pp. S49-S49
Author(s):  
J. Lopez Castroman
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Social Factors ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Theoretical Models ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Social Consequences ◽  
Public Health Issue ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competing Interest

Suicidal behavior and its prevention constitute a major public health issue, and the moderating effect of sociodemographic factors has been studied for more than a century. In the last years it has become evident that the relationship between social factors and suicidal behavior is complex and highly dependent on the context. For instance, minorities suffering marginalization, such as the Inuit in Canada or the aborigines in Australia, present high rates of suicide. However, other minorities, such as immigrants arriving to tightened communities, can be protected from suicide compared to the social majority. Other contradictory effects have been reported concerning income per capita and the evolution of the economy. Unfortunately, the interplay of social factors in suicidal behavior and the social consequences of suicide attempts are rarely represented in theoretical models of suicidal behavior, despite their importance to adapt suicide prevention policies to social groups at risk. In this presentation, recent advances and new and integrative avenues for future research in the social aspects of suicidal behavior will be summarized.Disclosure of interestThe author declares that he has no competing interest.

Suicidal Behavior in German Adolescents

2015 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joana Straub ◽  
Ferdinand Keller ◽  
Nina Sproeber ◽  
Michael G. Koelch ◽  
Paul L. Plener
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Present Sample ◽  
Manic Symptoms ◽  
Symptoms Of Depression ◽  
Adolescent Sample ◽  
History Of ◽  
Sum Scores

Objective: Research in adults has identified an association between bipolar disorder and suicidal behavior. This relationship, however, has been insufficiently investigated in adolescents to date. Methods: 1,117 adolescents from 13 German schools (mean age = 14.83, SD = .63; 52.7% females) completed an extended German version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), which assesses depressive and manic symptoms during the last week, as well as the Self-Harm Behavior Questionnaire (SHBQ) for the assessment of lifetime suicidal behavior. Results: In the present sample 39.4% of the girls and 23.1% of the boys reported lifetime suicidal thoughts and 7.1% of the girls as well as 3.9% of the boys a lifetime history of suicide attempts. 18.7% of the adolescent sample revealed elevated symptoms of depression and 9% elevated levels of mania symptoms. Elevated sum scores of depression and mania were associated with a higher number of suicidal ideations and suicide attempts. A block-wise regression analysis revealed that sum scores of depression and mania predicted suicidal ideations best. Concerning suicide attempts, the best predictors were age as well as depression and mania sum scores. Conclusions: Suicidal behavior was reported more often when adolescents demonstrate symptoms of mania as well as symptoms of depression than when they demonstrate only depressive symptoms. The presence of bipolar symptoms in adolescents should alert clinicians to the heightened possibility of suicidal behavior.

Suicidal Behavior in Patients with Adjustment Disorders

Crisis ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 125-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludmila Kryzhanovskaya ◽  
Randolph Canterbury
Keyword(s):  
Personality Disorder ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Adjustment Disorder ◽  
Adjustment Disorders ◽  
Involuntary Hospitalization ◽  
Axis Ii ◽  
The Past ◽  
Substance Abuse Disorders ◽  
Axis I

Summary: This retrospective study characterizes the suicidal behavior in 119 patients with Axis I adjustment disorders as assessed by psychiatrists at the University of Virginia Hospital. Results indicated that 72 patients (60.5%) had documented suicide attempts in the past, 96% had been suicidal during their admission to the hospital, and 50% had attempted suicide before their hospitalization. The most commonly used method of suicide attempts was overdosing. Of the sample group with suicide attempts in the past, 67% had Axis II diagnoses of borderline personality disorder and antisocial personality disorder. Adjustment disorder diagnosis in patients with the suicide attempts was associated with a high level of suicidality at admission, involuntary hospitalization and substance-abuse disorders. Axis II diagnoses in patients with adjustment disorders constituted risk factors for further suicidal behavior. Additional future prospective studies with reliability checks on diagnosis of adjustment disorders and suicidal behavior are needed.

Interactive Effects of Acute Suicidal Affective Disturbance and Pain Persistence on Suicide Attempt Frequency and Lethality

Crisis ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (6) ◽  
pp. 413-421 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan L. Rogers ◽  
Thomas E. Joiner
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Pain Perception ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Pain Tolerance ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Interactive Effects ◽  
Physical Pain ◽  
Affective Disturbance ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Background: Acute suicidal affective disturbance (ASAD) has been proposed as a suicide-specific entity that confers risk for imminent suicidal behavior. Preliminary evidence suggests that ASAD is associated with suicidal behavior beyond a number of factors; however, no study to date has examined potential moderating variables.  Aims: The present study tested the hypotheses that physical pain persistence would moderate the relationship between ASAD and (1) lifetime suicide attempts and (2) attempt lethality. Method: Students ( N = 167) with a history of suicidality completed self-report measures assessing the lifetime worst-point ASAD episode and the presence of a lifetime suicide attempt, a clinical interview about attempt lethality, and a physical pain tolerance task. Results: Physical pain persistence was a significant moderator of the association between ASAD and lifetime suicide attempts ( B = 0.00001, SE = 0.000004, p = .032), such that the relationship between ASAD and suicide attempts strengthened at increasing levels of pain persistence. The interaction between ASAD and pain persistence in relation to attempt lethality was nonsignificant ( B = 0.000004, SE = 0.00001, p = .765). Limitations: This study included a cross-sectional/retrospective analysis of worst-point ASAD symptoms, current physical pain perception, and lifetime suicide attempts. Conclusion: ASAD may confer risk for suicidal behavior most strongly at higher levels of pain persistence, whereas ASAD and pain perception do not influence attempt lethality.

Parents of Suicidal College Students: What Deans, Judges and Legislators Should Know About Campus Research Findings

NASPA Journal ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas R Baker
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Student Affairs ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Student Affairs Officers ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
State Laws ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Prevention Plan

When suicidal behavior is reported, student affairs officers on many campuses notify parents as one component of a multifaceted campus suicide prevention plan. In response to proposals to mandate parent notification, the author argues that practical considerations warrant against expanding state laws to require notification following campus suicide attempts. The recent experience with parent notice at one university confirms the work of earlier researchers who concluded that parents rarely withdraw suicidal students from enrollment. Although a policy of sending the letters may deter further episodes of selfdestructive behavior, parents once alerted to the situation are not likely to intervene in a manner that will reduce significantly the risk of suicide.

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