@article{ref1,
title="Self-Contempt as a Predictor of Suicidality: A Longitudinal Study",
journal="Journal of nervous and mental disease",
year="2019",
author="Rüsch, Nicolas and Oexle, Nathalie and Thornicroft, Graham and Keller, Johannes and Waller, Christiane and Germann, Ines and Regelmann, Christina A. and Noll-Hussong, Michael and Zahn, Roland",
volume="207",
number="12",
pages="1056-1057",
abstract="People with mental illness can internalize public prejudice and negative emotional reactions to their group, leading to self-contempt. This study examined self-contempt related to having a mental illness as predictor of suicidality among 77 people with mental illness in Southern Germany. Self-contempt, depressive symptoms, hopelessness, and suicidality were assessed at baseline; suicidality was measured again 3 months later. High self-contempt at baseline predicted increased suicidality at follow-up, adjusting for baseline suicidality, symptoms, diagnosis, age, sex, and hopelessness. These results suggest that self-contempt may be a risk factor for suicidality and call for specific interventions targeting self-stigma and its emotional consequences.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0022-3018",
doi="10.1097/NMD.0000000000001079",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NMD.0000000000001079"
}