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Autobiographical Memory and Suicide Attempts in Schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Pettersen Kenneth,
Rydningen Nora Nord,
Christensen Tore Buer,
Walby Fredrik A.
Publication year - 2010
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 - 10.1521/suli.2010.40.4.369
Subject(s) - autobiographical memory , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , psychiatry , clinical psychology , medicine , cognition , medical emergency
According to the cry of pain model of suicidal behavior, an over‐general autobiographical memory function is often found in suicide attempters. The model has received empirical support in several studies, mainly of depressed patients. The present study investigated whether deficits in autobiographical memory may be associated with an increased frequency of suicide attempts in patients with schizophrenia. We found support for our hypothesis that patients with schizophrenia and previous suicide attempts have an over‐generalized autobiographical memory compared to patients with schizophrenia without previous suicide attempts. Adjustment for sociodemographic and clinical variables did not change the results.