Citation

Sayar K, Kose S, Acar B, Ak I, Reeves RA. Death Stud. 2004; 28(2): 137-150.

Affiliation

Karadeniz Technical University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, Trabzon, Turkey.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14971417

Abstract

In a Turkish sample, 100 suicide attempters, were compared with 60 healthy controls on measures of hopelessness, depression, and suicidal ideation. Suicide attempters were more depressive, more hopeless, and displayed greater suicidal ideation than healthy controls. Depression severity rather than hopelessness correlated with suicidal intent. Suicide lethality was independent of depression severity, hopelessness, and suicidal ideation and intent, suggesting that lethality is likely due to chance.