TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Quality of object relations and suicidal ideation among community mental health outpatients
JO  - Psychoanalytic psychotherapy
A1  - Kealy, D.
A1  - Laverdière, O.
SP  - 266
EP  - 277
VL  - 33
IS  - 4
N2  - Patients in community mental health settings frequently endorse suicidal thoughts. While a variety of factors may be involved, the role of impaired quality of object relations- structuralized representations of self-other relationships-may significantly contribute to the likelihood of experiencing suicidal ideation. The present study examined the association between current suicidal thoughts and quality of object relations impairment in a sample of 101 patients presenting for community mental health services. Logistic regression analysis indicated that overall impairment of quality of object relations was significantly associated with current suicidal thoughts after controlling for past suicide attempts and severity of psychiatric symptoms. Individuals with highly impaired quality of object relations had a nearly two-and-a-half times greater likelihood of reporting current suicidal thoughts. © 2019, © 2019 The Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the NHS.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0266-8734
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02668734.2019.1706053
ID  - ref1
ER  -