The association between life events and suicide intent in self-poisoners with and without a history of deliberate self-harm: a preliminary study.
The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a significant interaction between independent life events, repetition status, and gender in the prediction of suicide intent, the association between life events and intent being moderated by repetition status in women only. The results provide preliminary evidence to suggest the presence of a suicidal process in women, in which the impact of negative life events on suicide intent diminishes across episodes.
Crane
Catherine
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Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK. Catherine.crane@psych.ox.ac.uk
Williams
J Mark G
JM
Hawton
Keith
K
Arensman
Ella
E
Hjelmeland
Heidi
H
Bille-Brahe
Unni
U
Corcoran
Paul
P
De Leo
Diego
D
Fekete
Sandor
S
Grad
Onja
O
Haring
Christian
C
Kerkhof
Ad J F M
AJ
Lonnqvist
Jouko
J
Michel
Konrad
K
Salander Renberg
Ellinor
E
Schmidtke
Armin
A
van Heeringen
Cornelius
C
Wasserman
Danuta
D
D000328:Adult; D015897:Comorbidity; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D033182:Intention; D007391:International Cooperation; D008016:Life Change Events; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011041:Poisoning / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012008:Recurrence; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012737:Sex Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires