Citation

Klimes-Dougan B, Safer MA, Ronsaville DS, Tinsley R, Harris SJ. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2007; 37(4): 431-438.

Affiliation

Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA. klimes@umn.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1521/suli.2007.37.4.431

PMID

17896883

Abstract

This is a prospective longitudinal study examining recollections of suicidal content and correlates of accurate and inaccurate recollection. A primarily at-risk group of young adults (N = 78) who were initially assessed for suicidal ideation and behavior in adolescence, were asked to recall whether they had reported sui- cidal ideation or behavior about six years earlier. In recalling the previous inter- view, the majority of the participants provided consistent reports. However, with regard to those who had previously reported suicidal ideation or behavior, 38% failed to recall prior adolescent suicidal reports. Those who provided accurate reports of prior suicidal content were more symptomatic and were functioning more poorly than those who failed to recall past suicidal content. The implications for clinical assessment practices, research, and theory development are discussed.

Language: en