Kevin M. Malone

TL;DR: A stress-diathesis model is proposed in which the risk for suicidal acts is determined not merely by a psychiatric illness but also by a diathesis, reflected in tendencies to experience more suicidal ideation and to be more impulsive and, therefore, more likely to act on suicidal feelings.

TL;DR: Comorbidity of borderline personality disorder with major depressive episode increases the number and seriousness of suicide attempts and Hopelessness predicted lethal intent in all three groups and predicted objective planning in the group with both disorders.

TL;DR: Investigating whether a higher frequency of reported childhood trauma would be found in depressed adults with higher levels of trait impulsivity, aggression, and suicidal behavior found that subjects who reported an abuse history were more likely to have made a suicide attempt and had significantly higher impulsivity and aggression scores.

TL;DR: The predictive power of medication resistance is generalizable across diverse clinical settings, particularly for heterocyclic antidepressants, which perhaps suggests an overlap in the mechanisms of actions of ECT and this medication class.