title: Remission of suicidal thoughts: Findings from a longitudinal epidemiological study.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Suicide ideation is common in young women. The present study investigated factors associated with the remission of suicidal thoughts in a representative sample of woman aged 18-24 years.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 1389 women were interviewed at a baseline assessment and again 17 months later. Social support, satisfaction with life, self-efficacy and positive mental health were considered as predictors of remission of suicidal thoughts - controlling for severity of psychopathology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Remission of suicidal thoughts was experienced by 67.4% of the respondents, whereas 32.6% continued to have suicide ideation at both assessments. In multiple logistic regression analyses, social support and positive mental health emerged as significant predictors of remission. Severity of psychopathology did not predict the course of suicide ideation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Suicide ideation was assessed only with the respective item of the Beck Depression Inventory.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Protective factors, especially social support and positive mental health, outperform psychopathology in predicting the course of suicide ideation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. Electronic address: tobias.teismann@rub.de.
authors.forename: Tobias
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Teismann
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Hospital of RWTH Aachen University, Germany.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Forkmann
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: Heide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Glaesmer
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Leonie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Egeri
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
authors.forename: Jürgen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Margraf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008603:Mental Health; D010549:Personal Satisfaction; D065840:Protective Factors; D020377:Self Efficacy; D012944:Social Support; D059020:Suicidal Ideation; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Epidemiology; Mental health; Protective factors; Social support; Suicide ideation