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Section edited by Ute Lewitzka
This section will cover all aspects of a wide range of suicidality, considering studies of suicidal behaviour, its causes and effects but also its prevention and intervention approaches. Research which investigates psychological and sociological as well as neurobiological, genetic and pharmacological aspects of suicidal behaviour are also of great interest. The section also incorporates topics such as assessment and risk-management approaches, ethical issues in intervention research, cross-cultural risk factors for suicide as well as the needs of those bereaved by suicide.
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Research, aimed at improving the continuity of care after hospital discharge following attempted suicide focuses on the effectiveness of the interventions. Little attention has been paid to patients who immedi...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:332
Published on: 13 September 2017
Research article
Suicide by aggressive physical methods such as firearms, hanging, and jumping is well known; however, different factors may influence a person while selecting a particular method. The aim of this study was to ...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:304
Published on: 23 August 2017
Research article
There is a critical need for empirical data concerning the association of personality traits and attempted suicide with and without psychiatric disorders in mainland China. The objective of the present study i...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:294
Published on: 15 August 2017
Research article
Online and mobile telephone applications (‘apps’) have the potential to improve the scalability of effective interventions for suicidal ideation and self-harm. The aim of this review was therefore to investiga...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:297
Published on: 15 August 2017
Research article
Suicide accounts for over 58,000 deaths in Europe per annum, where suicide attempts are estimated to be 20 times higher. Males have been found to have a disproportionately lower rate of suicide attempts and an...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:234
Published on: 29 June 2017
Research article
Euthanasia for people who are not terminally ill, such as those suffering from psychiatric disorders or dementia, is legal in Belgium under strict conditions but remains a controversial practice. As yet, the p...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:203
Published on: 23 June 2017
Study protocol
Brief Admission is a crisis and risk management strategy in which self-harming and suicidal individuals with three or more diagnostic criteria of borderline personality disorder self-admit to hospital at times...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:220
Published on: 15 June 2017
Research article
Little is known of the appropriateness of existing gatekeeper suicide prevention programs for Indigenous communities. Despite the high rates of Indigenous suicide in Australia, especially among Indigenous yout...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:219
Published on: 13 June 2017
Research article
The U.S. Army suicide attempt rate increased sharply during the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Risk may vary according to occupation, which significantly influences the stressors that soldiers experience.
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:194
Published on: 25 May 2017
Research article
Sexual minority (SM) individuals (gay, lesbian, bisexual, or otherwise nonheterosexual) are at increased risk for mental disorders and suicide and adequate mental healthcare may be life-saving. However, SM pat...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:184
Published on: 15 May 2017
Research article
Ghana’s socio-cultural landscape proscribes suicidal behaviour, and this has serious ramifications for attempt survivors and their families. The objective of this qualitative study was to understand the experi...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:178
Published on: 11 May 2017
Research article
Suicide is the primary cause of unnatural death in Spain, and suicide re-attempts a major economic burden worldwide. The risk factors for re-attempt and suicide after an index suicide attempt are different.
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:163
Published on: 4 May 2017
Research article
During the last decade there is a growing scientific interest in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). The aim of the current paper was to review systematically the literature with a special focus on the association...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:160
Published on: 3 May 2017
Research article
Suicide rates in prison are high and their risk factors are incompletely understood. The objective of the present study is to measure the risk of suicide and its predictors in the only prison of multicultural ...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:156
Published on: 2 May 2017
Research article
Globally, the second leading cause of death among adolescents is suicide and in middle-income countries adolescents’ suicidal ideation is a neglected public health area. The present study was conducted to dete...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:147
Published on: 20 April 2017
Research article
There is little evidence on how professionals communicate to assess suicide risk. This study analysed how professionals interview patients about suicidal ideation in clinical practice.
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:122
Published on: 4 April 2017
Research article
Availability of lethal means is a significant risk factor for suicide. This study investigated whether occupations with greater access to lethal means had higher suicide rates than those without access, and fu...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:125
Published on: 4 April 2017
Study protocol
Electrodermal reactivity has been successfully used as indicator of interest, curiosity as well as depressive states. The measured reactivity depends on the quantity of sweat secreted by those eccrine sweat gl...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:108
Published on: 23 March 2017
Research article
Attempted suicide is a major public health problem, and the efficacies of current postvention protocols vary. We evaluated the effectiveness of telephone follow-up of patients referred to an emergency psychiat...
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:96
Published on: 20 March 2017
Research article
Patients with psychiatric disorders have a high rate of suicide. The present study investigated factors influencing hospital stays for Japanese patients with psychiatric disorders attempting suicide by jumping.
BMC Psychiatry 2017 17:99
Published on: 20 March 2017
