@article{ref1,
title="Comfort from suicidal cognition in recurrently depressed patients",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="2014",
author="Crane, Catherine and Barnhofer, Thorsten and Duggan, Danielle S. and Eames, Catrin and Hepburn, Silvia and Shah, Dhruvi and Williams, J. Mark G.",
volume="155",
number="",
pages="241-246",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Previous research has suggested that some individuals may obtain comfort from their suicidal cognitions.   METHOD: This study explored clinical variables associated with comfort from suicidal cognition using a newly developed 5 item measure in 217 patients with a history of recurrent depression and suicidality, of whom 98 were followed up to at least one relapse to depression and reported data on suicidal ideation during the follow-up phase.   RESULTS: Results indicated that a minority of patients, around 15%, reported experiencing comfort from suicidal cognitions and that comfort was associated with several markers of a more severe clinical profile including both worst ever prior suicidal ideation and worst suicidal ideation over a 12 month follow-up period.   LIMITATIONS: Few patients self-harmed during the follow-up period preventing an examination of associations between comfort and repetition of self-harm.   CONCLUSIONS: These results, although preliminary, suggest that future theoretical and clinical research would benefit from further consideration of the concept of comfort from suicidal thinking.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="10.1016/j.jad.2013.11.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.11.006"
}