Number and Violence of Suicide Attempt Methods: A Preliminary Investigation of the Associations with Fearlessness of Suicide and Fearlessness about Death

Suicide claims the lives of over 40,000 Americans annually (Drapeau et al., 2016), yet this represents only a fraction of those experiencing suicidal thoughts each year (Klonsky et al., 2016). Theories following the ideation-to-action framework (Klonsky and May, 2014) propose the discrepancy between rates of ideation and of attempt and death is due to differences in suicide capability. While multiple factors contribute to suicide capability (Klonsky et al., 2016), the first introduced, as well as most researched aspect of suicide capability is acquired capability (Joiner, 2005; Van Orden et al., 2010).

Source: Psychiatry Research - April 25, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Jami M. Gauthier, David W. Hollingsworth, Courtney L. Bagge Source Type: research