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SynthesisClinical psychology review2015

Executive function and suicidality: A systematic qualitative review.

Keith Bredemeier, Ivan W Miller

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Synthesis in Clinical psychology review, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 68 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

68 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  8. History of Bipolar Disorder and the Risk of Dementia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry · 2017
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  9. Theory of Mind and Suicidality: A Meta-Analysis.Archives of suicide research : official journal of the International Academy for Suicide Research
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  13. Can 1st Grade Data that Schools Can or Do Routinely Collect Predict Suicide Attempts Among Black Youth?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Keith BredemeierDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University and Butler Hospital, United States. Electronic address: kbred@mail.med.upenn.edu.
Ivan W MillerDepartment of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University and Butler Hospital, United States.

Funding

Emergency Department Safety Assessment and Follow-Up Evaluation (EDSAFE) TrialU01MH088278 · NIMH · UNIV OF MASSACHUSETTS MED SCH WORCESTER · PI BOUDREAUX, EDWIN D, CAMARGO, CARLOS ARTURO · 2009 to 2013
$11.7M
Evaluation of the "Coping Long Term with Active Suicide Program"R01MH101129 · NIMH · BUTLER HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI MILLER, IVAN W. · 2014 to 2018
$3.1M
Multi-Method Assessment of Emotion Reactivity: Translational Research in SuicideR01MH095786 · NIMH · BUTLER HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI ARMEY, MICHAEL F, MILLER, IVAN W. · 2012 to 2016
$2.3M
Behavioral and Ecological Suicide Tracking: Attention, Interpretation, and MemoryR01MH097741 · NIMH · BUTLER HOSPITAL (PROVIDENCE, RI) · PI ARMEY, MICHAEL F, MILLER, IVAN W. · 2013 to 2017
$1.7M
Research Training for Prevention of Suicide and Pyschosis: A Public Health ModelT32MH082745 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA · PI BECK, AARON T · 2010 to 2014
$1.2M
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Deficits in executive function (EF) have been proposed as a possible explanation for the "cognitive rigidity" often observed in suicidal individuals. This article provides a systematic review of the existing literature testing the relations between EF and suicidality, across various diagnostic and demographic populations, using the influential multidimensional model of EF proposed by Miyake and colleagues (2000) as an organizing framework. Forty-three journal articles on this topic published before January of 2014 were reviewed. Collectively, results from these studies provide tentative support for an association between EF deficits and suicidality. However, there is some evidence that this association is moderated by other factors (e.g., suicide attempt lethality). Importantly, this relationship may vary across diagnostic groups. Specifically, more studies that used depressive disorder samples reported some positive findings (75%), followed by mixed diagnostic samples (54%). In contrast, fewer positive findings have emerged from studies with bipolar or psychotic disorder samples (29% and 33% respectively), and some even found that suicidality is associated with better EF in individuals with psychotic disorders. Firm conclusions about relationships between specific dimensions of EF and/or aspects of suicidality are difficult to draw this time. Limitations of the existing literature and corresponding directions for future research are discussed.

Indexed as

Cognition DisordersExecutive FunctionHumansSuicideExecutive functionInhibitionShiftingSuicidalitySuicide attemptUpdating

Identifiers

PMID26135816
PMCPMC5064868

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