TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Differential effects of executive functioning on suicide attempts
JO  - Journal of neuropsychiatry and clinical neurosciences
A1  - Burton, Cynthia Z.
A1  - Vella, Lea
A1  - Weller, Jennifer A.
A1  - Twamley, Elizabeth W.
SP  - 173
EP  - 179
VL  - 23
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0895-0172
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.neuropsych.23.2.173
ID  - ref1
ER  -