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ReviewEuropean neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology2018

The concept of violent suicide, its underlying trait and neurobiology: A critical perspective.

Birgit Ludwig, Yogesh Dwivedi

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Review in European neuropsychopharmacology : the journal of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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31citing papers in PubMed
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Suicide in subjects under the age of 30: a retrospective analysis.International journal of legal medicine · 2025
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  5. Demographic, Sociocultural, and Time-Related Patterns of Violent Suicide Attempts.Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2025
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  7. MNeuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2025
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  8. Suicidal acts and thoughts among persons with psychotic disorders in the Finnish SUPER study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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  10. Risk factors for violent suicide attempts: Hungarian cross-sectional study.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2025
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  13. The Etiopathogenic Mosaic of Suicidal Behaviour.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Birgit LudwigDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.
Yogesh DwivediDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. Electronic address: ydwivedi@uab.edu.
University of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

Plasma Exosomal MicroRNAs as Promising Novel Biomarkers for Suicidality and Treatment OutcomeR01MH107183 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DWIVEDI, YOGESH, SHELTON, RICHARD CHARLES · 2015 to 2019
$3.5M
MicroRNA Mapping in Major DepressionR01MH100616 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DWIVEDI, YOGESH · 2014 to 2019
$1.8M
Perturbed cell signaling network and suicide neurobiologyR01MH101890 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM · PI DWIVEDI, YOGESH · 2013 to 2017
$1.6M
Calcium Sensing Proteins in DepressionR01MH082802 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DWIVEDI, YOGESH · 2009 to 2013
$1.4M
Validating microRNA Analysis in Human Postmortem BrainR21MH081099 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO · PI DWIVEDI, YOGESH · 2007 to 2008
$384k
NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH082802NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH100616NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH101890NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH107183NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH081099
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death and represents a significant public health problem world-wide. Individuals who attempt or die by suicide represent a highly heterogeneous population. Recently, efforts have been made to identify sub-populations and variables to categorize them. A popular dichotomy in suicide research of the past years is violent versus non-violent suicide - based on the method. This dichotomy is important given that there is an association between method of attempted suicide and risk of subsequent death by suicide. The differentiation concerning suicide methods is also critical regarding preventive efforts. In this review, we have tried to approach the concept of violent suicide from different perspectives, including a discussion about its definition and overlapping categories. In addition, we have critically discussed aggression as underlying trait, the question of intent to die, and sociodemographic, environmental, neuropsychological, and neurobiological factors potentially associated with violent suicide.

Indexed as

BrainHumansPersonalitySuicideViolenceAggressionNeurobiologySelf-directed violenceSuicideViolenceViolent suicide

Identifiers

PMID29254658
PMCPMC5809305
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