Citation

Crane C, Williams JM, Hawton KE, Arensman E, Hjelmeland H, Bille-Brahe U, Corcoran P, De Leo D, Fekete S, Grad OT, Haring C, Kerkhof AJ, Lonnqvist J, Michel K, Salander Renberg E, Schmidtke A, van Heeringen CK, Wasserman D. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2007; 37(4): 367-378.

Affiliation

Centre for Suicide Research, University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford, UK. Catherine.crane@psych.ox.ac.uk

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1521/suli.2007.37.4.367

PMID

17896878

Abstract

The associations between life events in the 12 months preceding an episode of self-poisoning resulting in hospital attendance (the index episode), and the suicide intent of this episode were compared in individuals for whom the index episode was their first, episode and in individuals in whom it was a recurrence of DSH. Results indicated a significant interaction between independent life events, repetition status, and gender in the prediction of suicide intent, the association between life events and intent being moderated by repetition status in women only. The results provide preliminary evidence to suggest the presence of a suicidal process in women, in which the impact of negative life events on suicide intent diminishes across episodes.

Language: en