title: The suicidal mode: a cognitive-behavioral model of suicidality.
abstract: This article discusses the theoretical foundation and potential clinical application of the suicidal mode, a cognitive behavioral theory of suicidality. The model presented represents a specific elaboration of Beck's modal theory of psychopathology. In addition to discussing the fundamental requirements of a theory of suicidality, the theoretical assumptions of the suicidal mode are identified, its component parts defined, its inherent strengths emphasized, and its application in clinical settings detailed. Definition of a modal theory of suicidality represents the growing influence of cognitive-behavioral theory in efforts at psychotherapeutic integration in clinical suicidology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Baylor University, Waco, TX 76798-7334, USA.
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Rudd
mesh_terms: D015928:Cognitive Behavioral Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D011582:Psychological Theory; D000092864:Suicide Prevention