TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Contemporary definitions of suicidal behavior: a systematic literature review
JO  - Suicide and life-threatening behavior
A1  - Goodfellow, Benjamin
A1  - Kolves, Kairi
A1  - De Leo, Diego
SP  - 488
EP  - 504
VL  - 49
IS  - 2
N2  - To address the lack of comparability around the world, we conducted a systematic review of existing definitions of suicide and suicidal behaviors. In the literature, four key features appear to cover the vast majority of concepts underpinning definitions: agency, knowledge of a potential fatal outcome, intent, and outcome. Intent and outcome appear to be the most consensual features of definitions of suicide, albeit revealing interesting conceptual variations. The four key features could be used to devise a research tool able to explore the meanings of suicide across different countries and different cultures.<br><br>© 2018 The American Association of Suicidology.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0363-0234
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12457
ID  - ref1
ER  -