@article{ref1,
title="Differential effects of executive functioning on suicide attempts",
journal="Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences",
year="2011",
author="Burton, Cynthia Z. and Vella, Lea and Weller, Jennifer A. and Twamley, Elizabeth W.",
volume="23",
number="2",
pages="173-179",
abstract="Suicide is common among individuals with psychiatric illness; executive functioning may be associated with suicide risk. The authors examined demographic, clinical, and executive-functioning variables in suicide ideators and suicide attempters, hypothesizing that attempters would demonstrate poorer executive-functioning skills. Seventy-seven participants with psychiatric illness completed a neuropsychological battery while hospitalized or residing in crisis-houses after expressing suicidal ideation (N=40) or making a suicide attempt (N=37). Logistic regression predicted suicide Ideator versus suicide Attempter status; suicide Attempters exhibited poorer inhibition but better problem-solving ability than suicide Ideators. Suicide attempt risk may be associated with better problem-solving skills, but worse inhibitory control.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0895-0172",
doi="10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.2.173",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.2.173"
}