Risk-Taking Propensity, Depression and Parasuicide

1976 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruce Spittles ◽  
Ken Bragan ◽  
Basil James
Keyword(s):  
Risk Taking ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Psychological Adaptation ◽  
Psychiatric Unit ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Inpatient Psychiatric Unit

One hundred patients admitted consecutively to an inpatient psychiatric unit were given questionnaires to measure risk-taking propensity and depression. The purpose was to study the relationship between risk-taking, depression, and recent suicide attempts. It was found that depressed patients showed a bimodal clustering towards the extremes of risk-taking. There was a history of suicide attempts only when a certain threshold of risk-taking was exceeded. These findings are discussed with relation to defensive styles of psychological adaptation and to arousal thresholds.

Investigating the Relationship Between Self-Esteem and Stigma Among Young Adults With History of Suicide Attempts

Crisis ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (4) ◽  
pp. 265-270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meshan Lehmann ◽  
Matthew R. Hilimire ◽  
Lawrence H. Yang ◽  
Bruce G. Link ◽  
Jordan E. DeVylder
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
High Risk Population ◽  
High Functioning ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract. Background: Self-esteem is a major contributor to risk for repeated suicide attempts. Prior research has shown that awareness of stigma is associated with reduced self-esteem among people with mental illness. No prior studies have examined the association between self-esteem and stereotype awareness among individuals with past suicide attempts. Aims: To understand the relationship between stereotype awareness and self-esteem among young adults who have and have not attempted suicide. Method: Computerized surveys were administered to college students (N = 637). Linear regression analyses were used to test associations between self-esteem and stereotype awareness, attempt history, and their interaction. Results: There was a significant stereotype awareness by attempt interaction (β = –.74, p = .006) in the regression analysis. The interaction was explained by a stronger negative association between stereotype awareness and self-esteem among individuals with past suicide attempts (β = –.50, p = .013) compared with those without attempts (β = –.09, p = .037). Conclusion: Stigma is associated with lower self-esteem within this high-functioning sample of young adults with histories of suicide attempts. Alleviating the impact of stigma at the individual (clinical) or community (public health) levels may improve self-esteem among this high-risk population, which could potentially influence subsequent suicide risk.

Child Abuse and Attempted Suicide

1980 ◽  
Vol 137 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacquie Roberts ◽  
Keith Hawton
Keyword(s):  
Child Abuse ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Previous History ◽  
Psychiatric Disturbance ◽  
At Risk Children ◽  
History Of ◽  
Group A ◽  
Marital Breakdown ◽  
The Relationship

SummaryOf a sample of families containing abused and at risk children, in 29 per cent one or both parents had attempted suicide. The rate at which the suicide attempts were repeated within a year was higher than that expected for other attempters of the same age group. A previous history of psychiatric disturbance and marital breakdown was strongly associated with the combination of child abuse and suicidal behaviour. The relationship between child abuse and attempted suicide did not appear in most cases to have been a direct one; often both forms of behaviour seemed to reflect marital difficulties.

The relationship of aggression to suicidal behavior in depressed patients with a history of alcoholism

2005 ◽  
Vol 30 (6) ◽  
pp. 1144-1153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leo Sher ◽  
Maria A. Oquendo ◽  
Hanga C. Galfalvy ◽  
Michael F. Grunebaum ◽  
Ainsley K. Burke ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
History Of ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Serum concentrations of iNos and IL-33 in depressed patients with a history of suicide attempts

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. S650-S651
Author(s):  
E.A. Ogłodek ◽  
M.J. Just ◽  
D.M. Moś ◽  
K. Just ◽  
A.D. Grzesińska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Serum Concentrations ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals Association of Genetic Variants in the Neurotrophic Receptor–Encoding GeneNTRK2and a Lifetime History of Suicide Attempts in Depressed Patients

2010 ◽  
Vol 67 (4) ◽  
pp. 348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin A. Kohli ◽  
Daria Salyakina ◽  
Andrea Pfennig ◽  
Susanne Lucae ◽  
Sonja Horstmann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Variants ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Lifetime History ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
History Of

Clinical Characteristics of Depressed Patients With a History of Suicide Attempts

2010 ◽  
Vol 198 (10) ◽  
pp. 748-754 ◽  
Author(s):  
Min-Hyeon Park ◽  
Tae-Suk Kim ◽  
Hyeon-Woo Yim ◽  
Seung Hee Jeong ◽  
Chul Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
History Of

Neuroticism in familial depression

1987 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 155-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Randy Katz ◽  
Peter McGuffin
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptomatology ◽  
Past History ◽  
The State ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
History Of ◽  
Familial Vulnerability ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
History Of Depression

SynopsisThis study examined the relationship between personality factors and depression in subjects who may have a familial vulnerability to depression (i.e. first-degree relatives of depressed patients). Four groups comprised our study sample: relatives who had never experienced a psychiatric episode of depression; relatives who had experienced a psychiatric episode of depression but were currently well; relatives who had never experienced a psychiatric episode of depression but were currently depressed; and relatives who had experienced a past history of depression and were currently depressed. Of the four personality characteristics measured (Psychoticism, Extraversion, Neuroticism and Lie), the only significant effects between groups appeared to be attributable to Neuroticism (N).The strongest association was between current illness and N. There was also a tendency for subjects with a past history of depression to have an inflated N score. However, this appeared to be associated with the presence of current depressive symptomatology. Our findings indicate that when current symptomatology is taken into account Neuroticism does not seem to reflect the trait of liability to depression, but is strongly associated with the state of being depressed.

scholarly journals Mapping Brain Microstructure and Network Alterations in Depressive Patients with Suicide Attempts Using Generalized Q-Sampling MRI

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 174
Author(s):  
Vincent Chin-Hung Chen ◽  
Chun-Ju Kao ◽  
Yuan-Hsiung Tsai ◽  
Roger S. McIntyre ◽  
Jun-Cheng Weng
Keyword(s):  
Statistical Analysis ◽  
White Matter ◽  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Depressive Disorder ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Graph Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
Structural Differences ◽  
History Of

Depressive disorder is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide, with a high prevalence and chronic course. Depressive disorder carries an increased risk of suicide. Alterations in brain structure and networks may play an important role in suicidality among depressed patients. Diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a noninvasive method to map white-matter fiber orientations and provide quantitative parameters. This study investigated the neurological structural differences and network alterations in depressed patients with suicide attempts by using generalized q-sampling imaging (GQI). Our study recruited 155 participants and assigned them into three groups: 44 depressed patients with a history of suicide attempts (SA), 56 depressed patients without a history of suicide attempts (D) and 55 healthy controls (HC). We used the GQI to analyze the generalized fractional anisotropy (GFA) and normalized quantitative anisotropy (NQA) values in voxel-based statistical analysis, topological parameters in graph theoretical analysis and subnetwork connectivity in network-based statistical analysis. GFA indicates the measurement of neural anisotropy and represents white-matter integrity; NQA indicates the amount of anisotropic spins that diffuse along fiber orientations and represents white-matter compactness. In the voxel-based statistical analysis, we found lower GFA and NQA values in the SA group than in the D and HC groups and lower GFA and NQA values in the D group than in the HC group. In the graph theoretical analysis, the SA group demonstrated higher local segregation and lower global integration among the three groups. In the network-based statistical analysis, the SA group showed stronger subnetwork connections in the frontal and parietal lobes, and the D group showed stronger subnetwork connections in the parietal lobe than the HC group. Alternations were found in the structural differences and network measurements in healthy controls and depressed patients with and without a history of suicide attempt.

scholarly journals Relationship of depersonalization and suicidality in depressed patients

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (11) ◽  
pp. 1065-1069
Author(s):  
Suzana Tosic-Golubovic ◽  
Olivera Zikic ◽  
Violeta Slavkovic ◽  
Gordana Nikolic ◽  
Maja Simonovic
Keyword(s):  
Suicidal Behaviour ◽  
Protective Factor ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Psychiatric Morbidity ◽  
Treatment Procedure ◽  
Depressed Patients ◽  
History Of ◽  
Leading Symptom ◽  
Relationship Of

Background/Aim. Depersonalization is considered to be the third leading symptom in psychiatric morbidity. The aim of this study was to investigate the correlation of depersonalization and different patterns of suicidal behaviour in patients suffering from depresssive disorder. Methods. The study included 119 depressed patients divided into two groups: the first group consisted of depressed patients with clinically manifested depersonalization according to the Cambridge Depresonalisation Scale presented score ? 70, and the second group consisted of the patients whithout clinically manifested depersonalization symptomatology, or, it was on the subsyndromal level. Subsequently, these two groups were compared regarding the suicidality indicators. Results. According to the Scale for Suicide Ideation of Beck, the depressed patients with depersonalization had statistically significantly higher scores regarding suicidal ideation, both active and passive, more often manifested suicidal desire, suicidal planning and overall suicidality (p < 0.000). Positive ideation, as a protective factor, was reduced in this group (p < 0.000). These patients had more previous suicide attempts (p < 0.001) and family history of suicides (p = 0.004). The depressed patients with depersonalization had 8 times more often active suicidal desire, 11 times more often passive suicidal desire and 5 times more often suicidal planning compared to patients without depersonalization. Conclusion. Suicidal potential, manifested in various patterns of suicidal behaviour among the patients suffering from depressive disorder with clinically manifested depersonalization is prominent. It is necessary to pay particular attention to depersonalization level during diagnostic and treatment procedure of the depressed patients having in mind that it may be associated with high suicidal potential.

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