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Interaction of affective and cognitive impairments in the suicidal state: a brief elaboration
Author(s) -
Mendonca J. D.,
Holden R. R.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb09978.x
Subject(s) - psychology , suicidal ideation , seriousness , clinical psychology , depression (economics) , beck hopelessness scale , psychiatry , cognition , comorbidity , suicide prevention , poison control , beck depression inventory , medicine , anxiety , medical emergency , political science , law , economics , macroeconomics
This report examines the comorbidity among three key symptoms associated with suicidal intent, namely hopelessness, depression and unusual thinking. A total of 97 out‐patients with suicidal thoughts were assessed using the Beck Hopelessness Scale, the anxious depression and unusual thinking factor scales of the Derogatis Symptom Checkhst‐90, and the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation. It was found that, in considering the interaction between key presenting symptoms, the combination of hopelessness and unusual thinking (which consisted of symptoms such as ‘trouble concentrating’ and ‘mind going blank’) was the strongest predictor of the seriousness of current suicidal inclinations.