Citation

Simonds JF, McMahon T, Armstrong D. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1991; 21(2): 134-151.

Affiliation

Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center, Department of Psychiatry, Lubbock 79430.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1887451

Abstract

Suicide attempters admitted to a general hospital psychiatric ward completed questionnaires to elicit information following their suicide attempt. Compared to normal controls who had never attempted suicide, suicide attempters were significantly more hopeless, depressed, and hostile. The suicide attempts seemed to occur in response to stress. A crisis intervention model was suggested as the most appropriate way of managing these patients.