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A cognitive model of suicidal behavior: theory and treatment

Wenzel, Amy, Beck, Aaron T.·2008·Applied and Preventive Psychology
DOI 10.1016/j.appsy.2008.05.001
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  • The Cognitive Model of Suicidal Behavior proposes that stress activates suicide schemas such as hopelessness and perceptions of unbearability, leading to maladaptive cognitive processing that could immediately precede a suicide crisis.

    “Relatedly, the Cognitive Model of Suicidal Behavior proposes that stress activates suicide schemas such as hopelessness and perceptions of unbearability, leading to maladaptive cognitive processing (e.g., attentional fixation on suicide-related cues) that could immediately precede a suicide crisis (Wenzel & Beck, 2008).”

    From Toward objective characterizations of suicide risk: A narrative review of laboratory-based cognitive and behavioral tasks (2023) · cites this paper as Wenzel & Beck, 2008

  • Maladaptive cognitive processing could trigger a suicide crisis through attentional fixation on suicide-relevant information.

    “maladaptive cognitive processing could trigger a suicide crisis through attentional fixation on suicide-relevant information, as, for instance, in the Cognitive Model of Suicidal Behavior (Wenzel & Beck, 2008).”

    From Toward objective characterizations of suicide risk: A narrative review of laboratory-based cognitive and behavioral tasks (2023) · cites this paper as Wenzel & Beck, 2008

  • All dispositional trait and state factors, such as biological, environmental, psychological, and neurocognitive factors, can increase vulnerability towards suicide by reducing individuals' control over their experiences.

    “Our theoretical framework posits that all dispositional trait and state factors, such as biological, environmental, psychological, and neurocognitive factors (Wenzel and Beck, 2008; Brodsky and Mann, 2017), can increase vulnerability towards suicide by reducing individuals’ control over their experiences.”

    From The Psychological Pathway to Suicide Attempts: A Strategy of Control Without Awareness (2021) · cites this paper as Wenzel and Beck, 2008

  • The theoretical framework we present, as applied to suicide, has important advantages over theoretical models such as the Stress-diathesis model of suicide and a cognitive model of suicidal behavior.

    “The theoretical framework we present, as applied to suicide, has important advantages over theoretical models such as the Stress-diathesis model of suicide (Brodsky and Mann, 2017) and a cognitive model of suicidal behavior (Wenzel and Beck, 2008).”

    From The Psychological Pathway to Suicide Attempts: A Strategy of Control Without Awareness (2021) · cites this paper as Wenzel and Beck, 2008

  • Theorists have postulated that some individuals experience a narrowing of attention (or "cognitive constriction"), only focusing on certain aspects of their experiences when they are feeling suicidal.

    “Theorists have postulated that some individuals experience a narrowing of attention (or “cognitive constriction”), only focusing on certain aspects of their experiences when they are feeling suicidal (Shneidman, 1964; Johnson et al., 2008; Wenzel and Beck, 2008; Williams et al., 2016).”

    From The Psychological Pathway to Suicide Attempts: A Strategy of Control Without Awareness (2021) · cites this paper as Wenzel and Beck, 2008

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Authors
Wenzel, A., & Beck, A. T.
Affiliations
University of Pennsylvania (US)
Corresponding author
Wenzel, Amy
ORCID
Beck, Aaron T.
Venue
Applied and Preventive Psychology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2008-10
Volume
12
Issue
4
Pages
189-201
ISSN
0962-1849 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.appsy.2008.05.001
OpenAlex
W2069437972
Cited by
491
References
145
Citations by year
2026: 31 · 2025: 42 · 2024: 65 · 2023: 43 · 2022: 41 · 2021: 48 · 2020: 36 · 2019: 25 · 2018: 47 · 2017: 26 · 2016: 27 · 2015: 16 · 2014: 15 · 2013: 13 · 2012: 7
FWCI
3.35
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
Applied and Preventive Psychology (publishedVersion)
Funders
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
Keywords
suicidal behavior, cognitive models, suicide risk factors, cognitive therapy, suicide prevention, suicide treatment

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