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ArticleJournal of affective disorders2014

Comfort from suicidal cognition in recurrently depressed patients.

Catherine Crane, Thorsten Barnhofer, Danielle S Duggan, Catrin Eames, Silvia Hepburn, Dhruvi Shah, J Mark G Williams

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Article in Journal of affective disorders, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Catherine CraneDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. Electronic address: catherine.crane@psych.ox.ac.uk.
Thorsten BarnhoferDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.
Danielle S DugganDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.
Catrin EamesCentre for Mindfulness Research and Practice, Bangor University, Bangor, UK.
Silvia HepburnDepartment of Palliative Care, Royal Free Hospital, Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust, Pond Street, London NW3 2QG, UK.
Dhruvi ShahDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.
J Mark G WilliamsDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK.

Funding

Wellcome Trust GR067797
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPrevious research has suggested that some individuals may obtain comfort from their suicidal cognitions.

methodThis study explored clinical variables associated with comfort from suicidal cognition using a newly developed 5 item measure in 217 patients with a history of recurrent depression and suicidality, of whom 98 were followed up to at least one relapse to depression and reported data on suicidal ideation during the follow-up phase.

resultsResults indicated that a minority of patients, around 15%, reported experiencing comfort from suicidal cognitions and that comfort was associated with several markers of a more severe clinical profile including both worst ever prior suicidal ideation and worst suicidal ideation over a 12 month follow-up period. LIMITATIONS: Few patients self-harmed during the follow-up period preventing an examination of associations between comfort and repetition of self-harm.

conclusionsThese results, although preliminary, suggest that future theoretical and clinical research would benefit from further consideration of the concept of comfort from suicidal thinking.

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CognitionEmotionsAdultDepressionFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansMaleMiddle AgedRecurrenceSelf-Injurious BehaviorSuicidal IdeationSuicideCognitionComfortDepressionSuicidality

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PMID24289891
PMCPMC3972436

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