@article{ref1,
title="Crisis concept re-loaded?-the recently described suicide-specific syndromes may help to better understand suicidal behavior and assess imminent suicide risk more effectively",
journal="Frontiers in psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Voros, Viktor and Tényi, Tamás and Nagy, Agnes and Fekete, Sandor and Osvath, Peter",
volume="12",
number="",
pages="e598923-e598923",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Despite of the decreasing suicide rates in many countries, suicide is still a major public health concern worldwide. Traditional suicide risk factors have limited clinical predictive value, as they provide little reliable information on the acute psychological processes leading to suicide. Aims: The aim of this analysis is to describe and compare the recently introduced two suicide-specific syndromes [Acute Suicidal Affective Disturbance (ASAD) and Suicidal Crisis Syndrome (SCS)] with the classic psychological features of pre-suicidal crisis and also to assess the clinical utility of the new suicide prediction scales in contrast to classical risk factors. <br><br>METHOD: Conceptual analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: Suicide-specific syndromes are not novel in terms of symptomatology or dynamics of symptom onset, but in their use of well-defined diagnostic criteria. In addition to symptomatic classification, they also provide an opportunity to objectively measure the current pre-suicidal emotional and mental state by validated tools. Limitations: Future studies need to be completed to prove the reliability and predictive validity of suicide-specific diagnostic categories and the related suicide risk assessment tools. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Clinical use of suicide-specific syndromes is suggested. This transdiagnostic approach not only enables a more accurate and objective assessment of imminent suicide risk, but also facilitates research in neuroscience, which represent a major step forward in managing and complex understanding of suicidal behavior.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1664-0640",
doi="10.3389/fpsyt.2021.598923",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.598923"
}