%0 Journal Article
%T Differential effects of executive functioning on suicide attempts
%J Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
%D 2011
%A Burton, Cynthia Z.
%A Vella, Lea
%A Weller, Jennifer A.
%A Twamley, Elizabeth W.
%V 23
%N 2
%P 173-179
%X 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>
%G en
%I American Psychiatric Publishing
%@ 0895-0172
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.2.173