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The Trajectory of Suicidal Behavior Over Time
Author(s) -
Joiner Thomas E.
Publication year - 2002
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.32.1.33.22187
Subject(s) - suicidal behavior , psychology , cognition , poison control , suicide prevention , medicine , psychiatry , medical emergency
Some empirical work on genetic and prenatal factors in suicidality is presented. These factors may represent enduring predispositions that comprise risk for initial as well as later suicidal behavior. The existence of enduring predispositions does not preclude the possibility, however, that initial suicidal behavior sets processes into motion that spur later suicidal behavior. Based on past conceptual and empirical work, I suggest two psychological processes—cognitive sensitization and opponent processes—that may partly explain the link between past and future suicidal behavior.