TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Eyes fixed on Heaven's Gate: an empirical examination of blink rate and suicide
JO  - Archives of suicide research
A1  - Duffy, Mary E.
A1  - Buchman-Schmitt, Jennifer M.
A1  - McNulty, James K.
A1  - Joiner, Thomas E.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Anecdotal and theoretical work suggests blink rate as an indicator of imminent suicide risk. We sought to empirically examine whether suicide decedents displayed a reduced blink rate in goodbye videos filmed before death, compared to several control groups. Independent raters coded blink rates from videos of 34 suicide decedents and four comparison groups: "mundane" product review, non-suicidal arousal, non-suicidal depression, and non-imminent risk of suicidal ideation. Mean blink rate was lower in the suicide decedent group relative to all comparison groups (ps <.001), except the depressed (p =.976) and suicidal ideation (p =.393) groups. <br><br>FINDINGS indicate blink rate may be reduced among individuals at imminent risk for suicide, exhibiting clinically-significant depressive symptoms, or experiencing suicidal ideation.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1381-1118
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2022.2083536
ID  - ref1
ER  -