Citation

Beck AT, Weishaar ME. Crisis 1990; 11(2): 22-30.

Affiliation

Dept. of Psychiatry, Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Publisher Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2076612

Abstract

Cognitive therapy research has yielded (1) a taxonomy of suicidal behaviors, (2) scales for assessing suicidal ideation and intent, and (3) a model of suicidal wishes and behavior that identifies hopelessness as a key psychological variable in suicide prediction. The establishment of hopelessness as a suicide risk factor has been supported most strongly by prospective studies of inpatients and outpatients. A cutoff score of nine on the Beck Hopelessness Scale appears to be predictive of eventual suicide. Other cognitive factors associated with suicidal wishes and behaviors are discussed.

Language: en