Citation

O'Connor SS, Jobes DA, Comtois KA, Atkins DC, Janis K, Chessen CE, Landes SJ. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2012; 42(2): 173-184.

Affiliation

Stephen S. O'Connor, Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA; Stephen S. O'Connor, Katherine Anne Comtois, David C.Atkins, KarinJanis, Chloe E. Chessen, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; David A. Jobes, Department of Psychology, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA; and Sara J. Landes, National Center for PTSD, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/j.1943-278X.2012.00080.x

PMID

22486603

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to identify outpatients who experience entrenched suicidal ideation following inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. Our findings suggest that the use of a suicidal ambivalence index score was helpful at discriminating those who reported significantly greater ratings of suicidal ideation across a 1-year period of time, whereas splitting patients based upon suicide attempt history yielded nonsignificant results. Similar findings resulted from a dimensional analytic approach, as well. Application of the suicidal ambivalence index may help administrators identify patients who require more intensive clinical services to resolve their suicidal ideation.

Language: en