Understanding Suicide

TL;DR: The national evidence suggests that caution be exercised in generalizing patterns found among writers of suicide notes to suicides in general, and a large national sample, wide range of predictor variables, and multivariable statistical techniques are used to estimate more reliable similarities and differences between note leavers and other suicides.

TL;DR: In this article, the impact of a localized, football-based mental health intervention was evaluated from the perspective of members of the Redcar and Cleveland Browns' coaching staff, who were involved in the intervention.

TL;DR: The theoretical perspectives of schizophrenia, suicide, and the intersection of schizophrenia and suicide are reviewed to develop a conceptual basis for future prevention and intervention efforts by health and mental health practitioners and researchers.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the factor structure and utility of the K6 psychological distress scale for adults with suicidal ideation and concluded that only the single-factor model has concurrent validity for suicide plan and attempt.

TL;DR: A powerful graded relationship exists between adverse childhood experiences and risk of attempted suicide throughout the life span, and alcoholism, depressed affect, and illicit drug use, which are strongly associated with such experiences, appear to partially mediate this relationship.

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: This report summarizes results from the national survey, 24 state surveys, and nine local surveys conducted among high school students during February through May 1993, which indicated substantial morbidity and social problems among adolescents also result from unintended pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.

TL;DR: The majority of suicide victims suffered from comorbid mental disorders, and needs to be taken into account when analyzing the relationship between suicide and mental disorders and in planning treatment strategies for suicide prevention in clinical practice.