TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2001//
TI  - Psychological vulnerability to completed suicide: a review of empirical studies
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Caine, Eric D.
A1  - Seidlitz, L.
A1  - Conwell, Yeates
A1  - Duberstein, P. R.
A1  - Conner, Kenneth R.
SP  - 367
EP  - 385
VL  - 31
IS  - 4
N2  - Retrospective research shows that close to 90 percent of suicides have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder; however, only a small proportion of individuals with psychopathology take their own lives. This article reviews the empirical literature on psychological vulnerability to completed suicide. A search of the MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases yielded 46 cohort or case-control studies that used standardized or structured assessments of psychological dimensions. Five constructs have been consistently associated with completed suicide: impulsivity/aggression, depression, anxiety, hopelessness, and self-consciousness/social disengagement. Current knowledge of psychological vulnerability to completed suicide could inform social and neurobiological research, and thereby deepen understanding of suicide while potentially bridging these areas of study.
LA  - 
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -