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Suicide and suicidal behaviour

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Turecki, Gustavo, Brent, David A·2016·The Lancet

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Suicide is a complex public health problem of global importance. Suicidal behaviour differs between sexes, age groups, geographic regions, and sociopolitical settings, and variably associates with different risk factors, suggesting aetiological heterogeneity. Although there is no effective algorithm to predict suicide in clinical practice, improved recognition and understanding of clinical, psychological, sociological, and biological factors might help the detection of high-risk individuals and assist in treatment selection. Psychotherapeutic, pharmacological, or neuromodulatory treatments of mental disorders can often prevent suicidal behaviour; additionally, regular follow-up of people who attempt suicide by mental health services is key to prevent future suicidal behaviour.

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  • Clinical factors that may influence the transition from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt include anxiety disorders, impulse-control disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, previous self-harm, exposure to suicidal behaviour in others, and alcohol and drug abuse or dependence.

    “some clinical factors that may influence the transition from suicidal ideation to suicide attempt include anxiety disorders, impulse-control disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, eating disorders, previous self-harm, exposure to suicidal behaviour in others, and alcohol and drug abuse or dependence 6,7,88 .”

    From Suicide and suicide risk (2019) · cites this paper as [6]

    The Individual risk factors for suicide section (page unavailable) links post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, poor impulse control, substance abuse, and past attempts to suicidal behaviour; it also identifies eating disorders among people who die by suicide. The Population-level risk factors section discusses effects of media coverage of suicide. The paper does not establish that every listed factor specifically influences the transition from ideation to an attempt: its evidence for eating disorders and exposure to others’ suicidal behaviour concerns different outcomes or settings. (LLM, conf=0.85)

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  • Distal factors appear to be indirectly linked to suicide risk via intermediate phenotypes, like personality traits, negative affect, impulsive-aggression, or cognitive deficits.

    “Critically, distal factors appear to be indirectly linked to suicide risk via intermediate phenotypes, like personality traits, negative affect, impulsive-aggression, or cognitive deficits (Turecki et al., 2014, 2016, 2019).”
  • Impulsivity's relationship with suicidal behaviour is evident.

    “its relationship with suicidal behaviour is evident [2,62]”
  • The biopsychosocial model for suicide describes the interactions of genetic, experiential, psychological, clinical, sociological and environmental factors in the development of suicide risk.

    “One such example is the biopsychosocial model for suicide (Figure 4) 6,29,30 , which describes the interactions of genetic, experiential, psychological, clinical, sociological and environmental factors in the development of suicide risk.”

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  • Guidelines define irremediability exclusively in terms of treatment options for the underlying psychiatric condition.

    “In fact, they define the criterion exclusively in terms of treatment options for the underlying psychiatric condition.(12, 33)”

    From Psychiatric euthanasia, suicide and the role of gender (2022) · cites this paper as [12]

    The Case management and outreach and Somatic treatment options for SB sections discuss treatments for suicidal behaviour, but neither defines irremediability or describes guidelines for assessing it (page numbers unavailable). Searches for irremediability and psychiatric treatment options found no passage addressing the claimed criterion. (LLM, conf=0.76)

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Authors
Turecki, G., & Brent, D. A.
Affiliations
Douglas Mental Health University Institute (CA)
Corresponding author
Turecki, Gustavo
Venue
The Lancet
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-03
Volume
387
Issue
10024
Pages
1227-1239
ISSN
  • 0099-5355 (ISSN-L)
  • 0140-6736
OpenAlex
W1721687418
Cited by
2,338
References
147
Citations by year
2026: 205 · 2025: 222 · 2024: 222 · 2023: 206 · 2022: 341 · 2021: 261 · 2020: 352 · 2019: 167 · 2018: 213 · 2017: 83 · 2016: 45 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 1
FWCI
16.75
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • The Lancet (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • Canadian Institute of Health Research (MOP93775, MOP11260, MOP119429, and MOP119430)
  • US National Institutes of Health (1R01DA033684)
  • US National Institutes of Mental Health (MH056612, MH100451, and MH104311)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
Keywords
suicide, suicidal behavior, suicide risk factors, suicide prevention, suicide attempts, mental illness, psychotherapy, pharmacotherapy, neuromodulation, high-risk individuals
MeSH terms
Suicide Prevention, Brain, Humans, Models, Psychological, Psychotherapy, Risk Factors, Suicide, Case Management, Suicidal Ideation

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