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Hopelessness, Depression, Suicidal Ideation, and Clinical Diagnosis of Depression
Author(s) -
Beck Aaron T.,
Steer Robert A.,
Beck Judith S.,
Newman Cory F.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1993.tb00378.x
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , depression (economics) , beck depression inventory , clinical psychology , psychology , beck hopelessness scale , psychiatry , mood , mood disorders , hamilton depression scale , suicide prevention , poison control , medicine , hamd , medical emergency , anxiety , economics , macroeconomics
The relevance of a clinical diagnosis of depression for explaining the discrepant relationships of hopelessness and depression with suicidal ideation was studied. The Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Hopelessness Scale (BHS), and the Scale for Suicide Ideation (SSI) were administered to 1,306 (72.8%) patients with at least one DSM‐III‐R mood disorder and 488 (27.3%) patients without any mood disorders. A multiple regression analysis was conducted, and hopelessness was 1.3 times more important than depression was for explaining suicidal ideation. The interactions of the BDI and BHS with diagnostic group were not significant.