title: On the role of impulsivity and decision-making in suicidal behavior.
abstract: Suicide risk constitutes a complex set of interacting demographic, clinical, psychobiological and environmental variables. Impulsivity is a long-known risk factor for suicide attempts. However, research based on clearer conceptual refinement in this area is imperative. One emerging field of study is that of decision-making. Impulsivity involves a failure of higher-order control, including decision-making. Using standardized operational definitions that take into consideration relevant aspects of impulsivity, including state- and trait-components and a deeper understanding of the process of decision-making in the suicidal mind, we may come a step closer to understanding suicidality and winning the fight in this scourge of human suffering.
authors.affiliation: Yari Gvion, Department of Clinical Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Yari
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gvion
authors.affiliation: Yari Gvion, Department of Clinical Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Yossi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Levi-Belz
authors.affiliation: Yari Gvion, Department of Clinical Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Gergö
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hadlaczky
authors.affiliation: Yari Gvion, Department of Clinical Psychology, Bar Ilan University, Ramat-Gan 52900, Israel.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Apter
keywords: Decision-making; Impulsivity; Suicidal behavior; Suicide