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A new stress sensor and risk factor for suicide: the T allele of the functional genetic variant in the GABRA6 gene X. Gonda, J. Sarginson, N. Eszlari, P. Petschner, Z. G. Toth, D. Baksa, G. Hullam, I. M. Anderson, J. F. W. Deakin, G. Juhasz, & G. Bagdy. This study investigated the effect of rs3219151 […]

Association between cognitive deficits and suicidal ideation in patients with major depressive disorder S. Pu, S. Setoyama, & T. Noda. This study investigated the association between suicidal ideation and cognitive function in patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD).  The authors studied 233 patients with MDD using the Brief Assessment of Cognition in Schizophrenia (BACS) and […]

Comparison of Baseline Characteristics between Community-based and Hospital-based Suicidal Ideators and Its Implications for Tailoring Strategies for Suicide Prevention: Korean Cohort for the Model Predicting a Suicide and Suicide-related Behavior ** C. H. K. Park, J. W. Lee, S. Y. Lee, J. Moon, S. H. Shim, J. W. Paik, S. G. Kim, S. J. Cho, […]

A Risk Algorithm for the Persistence of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors During College ** P. Mortier, G. Kiekens, R. P. Auerbach, P. Cuijpers, K. Demyttenaere, J. G. Green, R. C. Kessler, M. K. Nock, A. M. Zaslavsky, & R. Bruffaerts. This study investigated patterns of suicidal thoughts and behavior (STB) among college students who had […]

Adverse experiences in psychiatric hospitals might be the cause of some postdischarge suicides D. T Chung, C. J. Ryan, & M. M. Large. This short commentary on the 2016 article “Postdischarge Suicide: A Psychodynamic Understanding of Subjective Experience and Its Importance in Suicide Prevention” by Schechter, Goldblatt, Ronningstam, Herbstman, and Maltsberger briefly summarizes quantitative literature […]

A cross-national study on gender differences in suicide intent A. Freeman, R. Mergl, E. Kohls, A. Székely, R. Gusmao, E. Arensman, N. Koburger, U. Hegerl, & C. Rummel-Kluge. This cross-national study investigates gender differences in suicidal intent and gender differences in suicide attempts across age and country.  The authors used suicide attempt data from the […]

A comparative analysis of suicide attempts in left-behind children and non-left-behind children in rural China H. Chang, Q. Yan, L. Tang, J. Huang, Y. Ma, X. Ye, & Y. Yu. This cross-sectional study estimates the prevalence of suicide attempts and explores the shared and unique factors impacting suicide risk in left-behind children (LBC) and non-left-behind […]

Burden of suicide in Poland in 2012: how could it be measured and how big is it? K. Orlewska & E. Orlewska. This study attempts to estimate the economic and health-related burden of suicide in Poland during 2012.  The authors analyzed data from the Polish Central Statistics Office database to estimate the years of life […]

Assessing Suicide Risk: What is Commonly Missed in the Emergency Room? N. Alavi, T. Reshetukha, E. Prost, K. Antoniak, & D. Groll. This 2-part study investigated the assessment and documentation of suicide risk by emergency clinicians from reviewing medical records.  The authors also examined the differences between psychiatric and emergency medicine opinions on the importance […]

A comparison of the frequency of familial suicide attempts across eating disorder diagnoses **** E. M. Pisetsky, C. B. Peterson, J. E. Mitchell, S. A. Wonderlich, R. D. Crosby, D. Le Grange, L. Hill, P. Powers, & S. J. Crow. This study investigated prevalence of suicide attempts among family members of patients with an eating […]

A controlled comparison trial of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) in an inpatient setting: Outcomes at discharge and six-month follow-up T. E. Ellis, K. A. Rufino, & J. G. Allen. This study assesses the impact of the Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS) on both general and suicide-specific measures relative to […]

A Machine Learning Approach to Identifying the Thought Markers of Suicidal Subjects: A Prospective Multicenter Trial J. P. Pestian, M. Sorter, B. Connolly, K. B. Cohen, C. McCullumsmith, J. T. Gee, L. Morency, S. Scherer, & L. Rohlfs for the STM Research Group. This study used machine learning to incorporate both verbal and non-verbal suicidal […]

Altered brain processing of decision-making in healthy first-degree biological relatives of suicide completers Y. Ding, F. Pereira, A. Hoehne, M.-M. Beaulieu, M. Lepage, G. Turecki, & F. Jollant. This study investigated brain processing during decision-making in relatives of suicide completers in order to shed light on heritable mechanisms of suicidal vulnerability.  The authors studied 17 […]