TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1990//
TI  - Suicidal behavior and cognitive flexibility: design and verbal fluency after attempted suicide
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Åsberg, Marie
A1  - Nordström, Peter
A1  - Winborg, I. M.
A1  - Bartfai, A.
SP  - 254
EP  - 266
VL  - 20
IS  - 3
N2  - Aspects of problem solving were measured in nine male psychiatric patients, hospitalized after attempted suicide. Testing took place within 3 weeks (except for one patient) of the suicide attempt. Controls were patients with chronic idiopathic pain and healthy volunteers. Suicidal patients had significantly lower scores on general intellectual tests and in verbal and design fluency. No differences in problem solving (the Perceptual Maze Test and the Wisconsin Card-Sorting Test) and flexibility (the Uses of Objects Test and the Stroop Test) were found. The results are interpreted as indicating a decreased ability of suicidal patients to generate new ideas, when no alternatives are provided.
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SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -