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Rebuilding the tower of babel: a revised nomenclature for the study of suicide and suicidal behaviors part 2: suicide-related ideations, communications, and behaviors.

Silverman, Morton M., Berman, Alan L., Sanddal, Nels D., O'Carroll, Patrick W., Joiner, Thomas E.·2007·Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

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A revised and refined version of the O'Carroll et al. (1996) nomenclature for suicidology is presented, with a focus on suicide‐related ideations, communications, and behaviors. The hope is that this refinement will result in the development of operational definitions and field testing of this nomenclature in clinical and research settings. This revision would not have been possible without the international collaboration and dialogue addressing the nomenclature of suicidology since the O'Carroll et al. nomenclature appeared in 1996. Although it is doubtful that we will ever be able to construct universally unambiguous criteria to comprehensively characterize suicidal behaviors (and, overall, firmly establish the intention behind them), for scientific clarity it would be highly desirable that the set of definitions and the associated terminology be explicit and generalizable. De Leo, Burgis, Bertolote, Kerkhof, & Bille‐Brahe, 2006 , p. 5)

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  • When a suicidal individual is in crisis, intent to die and a motivation for ending their life act as precipitating mechanisms.

    “When a suicidal individual is in crisis, intent to die and a motivation for ending their life act as precipitating mechanisms (Silverman et al., 2007; May and Klonsky, 2013).”

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Authors
Silverman, M. M., Berman, A. L., Sanddal, N. D., O'Carroll, P. W., & Joiner, T. E.
Affiliations
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Critical Illness & Trauma Foundation (US)
  • Florida State University (US)
Corresponding author
Silverman, Morton M.
Venue
Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2007-06
Volume
37
Issue
3
Pages
264-277
ISSN
  • 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
  • 1943-278X
OpenAlex
W2169581632
Cited by
991
References
49
Citations by year
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FWCI
33.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
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 via Writing
Keywords
suicidology, nomenclature, suicidal behavior, operational definitions, terminology, suicide risk assessment
MeSH terms
Communication, Humans, Terminology as Topic, Social Behavior, Suicide, Suicide, Attempted

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