ReviewPsychological review2016
Suicide as a derangement of the self-sacrificial aspect of eusociality.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 159 citations in OpenAlex.
- The interpersonal theory of suicide: A systematic review and meta-analysis of a decade of cross-national research.Psychological bulletin · 2017Pooled it
- Investigating insomnia as a cross-sectional and longitudinal predictor of loneliness: Findings from six samples.Psychiatry research · 2017Pooled it
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- Testing the predictions of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide in a sample of female cancer patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- The descent of agamemnon and the disquietude of job: The death of agency as the spur of suicide.Psychological review · 2025Review
- Development of a Suicide Prevention Intervention for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth and Young Adults: Rationale, Design, and Evidence of Feasibility and Acceptability.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2025Article
- Toward objective characterizations of suicide risk: A narrative review of laboratory-based cognitive and behavioral tasks.Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews · 2023Review
- Self-burdensomeness, other-burdensomeness, and suicidal ideation.Behaviour research and therapy · 2023Article
- Longitudinal mediation by perceived burden of the pathway from thwarted belonging to suicidal ideation.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2022Article
- Mental Disorder and Suicide: What's the Connection?The Journal of medicine and philosophy · 2022Article
- Risk-Taking Behavior among Suicide Attempters.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Representing suicide: Giving voice to a desire to die?Health (London, England : 1997) · 2022Article
- Young children with suicidal thoughts and behaviors more likely to resolve conflicts with violence, homicide, or suicide: A study of internal working models using narratives.Journal of psychopathology and clinical science · 2022Article
- Better off with you: Exploring congruity between caregivers' and Veterans' experience of efforts to cope with suicide.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2022Article
- Places of living and places of dying: the case for preventing suicide in residential long-term care.Ageing and society · 2021Article
- Suicide and the agent-host-environment triad: leveraging surveillance sources to inform prevention.Psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Identification of Risk Factors to Predict the Occurrences of Relapses in Individuals with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder in Iran.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
Building upon the idea that humans may be a eusocial species (i.e., rely on multigenerational and cooperative care of young, utilize division of labor for successful survival), we conjecture that suicide among humans represents a derangement of the self-sacrificial aspect of eusociality. In this article, we outline the characteristics of eusociality, particularly the self-sacrificial behavior seen among other eusocial species (e.g., insects, shrimp, mole rats). We then discuss parallels between eusocial self-sacrificial behavior in nonhumans and suicide in humans, particularly with regard to overarousal states, withdrawal phenomena, and perceptions of burdensomeness. In so doing, we make the argument that death by suicide among humans is an exemplar of psychopathology and is due to a derangement of the self-sacrificial behavioral suite found among eusocial species. Implications and future directions for research are also presented.
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