Citation

Schiepek G, Fartacek C, Sturm J, Kralovec K, Fartacek R, Ploderl M. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2011; 41(6): 661-675.

Affiliation

Günter Schiepek, Reinhold Fartacek, Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria; ClemensFartacek,JosefSturm,MartinPlöderl,KarlKralovec, Suicide Prevention Research Program, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria; ClemensFartacek,KarlKralovec,ReinholdFartacek,MartinPlöderl, Department of Suicide Prevention, University Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy I, Salzburg, Austria.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2011.00062.x

PMID

22145825

Abstract

Despite decades of research, the prediction of suicidal behavior remains limited. As a result, searching for more specific risk factors and testing their predictive power are central in suicidology. This strategy may be of limited value because it assumes linearity to the suicidal process that is most likely nonlinear by nature and which can be more adequately described and analyzed with nonlinear dynamics. The goal of moving nonlinear dynamics from theory to practice and to real-world phenomena can now be realized with Internet-based monitoring systems such as the Synergetic Navigation System.

Language: en