title: Nonlinear dynamics: theoretical perspectives and application to suicidology.
abstract: Despite decades of research, the prediction of suicidal behavior remains limited. As a result, searching for more specific risk factors and testing their predictive power are central in suicidology. This strategy may be of limited value because it assumes linearity to the suicidal process that is most likely nonlinear by nature and which can be more adequately described and analyzed with nonlinear dynamics. The goal of moving nonlinear dynamics from theory to practice and to real-world phenomena can now be realized with Internet-based monitoring systems such as the Synergetic Navigation System.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Synergetics and Psychotherapy Research, Paracelsus Medical University Salzburg, Austria.
authors.forename: Günter
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schiepek
authors.forename: Clemens
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fartacek
authors.forename: Josef
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sturm
authors.forename: Karl
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kralovec
authors.forename: Reinhold
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fartacek
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Plöderl
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*