ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2018
Serious Suicide Attempts: Systematic Review of Psychological Risk Factors.
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- Network Analysis of Psychopathological Dimensions in Patients with and Without Suicidal Ideation.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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- Risk factors, impact, and healthcare use related to initial suicide attempts: comprehensive analysis of Swedish population.BMJ medicine · 2025Article
- Explainable AI for suicide risk detection: gender- and age-specific patterns from real-time crisis chats.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundOne of the main obstacles in studying suicide risk factors is the difference between cases in which the individual died by suicide and those in which the individual engaged in suicidal behavior. A promising strategy that overcomes this obstacle is the study of survivors of
methodsFollowing Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, we conducted a systematic search of the literature in PubMed, ProQuest, and Psychlit electronic research-literature databases. Search terms were "serious" "OR" "near lethal," combined with the Boolean "AND" operator with "suicide*." In addition, we performed a manual search on Google Scholar for further studies not yet identified.
resultsThe preliminary search identified 683 citations. A total of 39 research reports that met the predefined criteria were analyzed. Mental pain, communication difficulties, decision-making impulsivity, and aggression, as well as several demographic variables, were found to be major risk factors for SSAs. LIMITATIONS: We found a variability of definitions for SSA that hamper the ability to draw a model for the risk factors and processes that facilitate it. Moreover, the role of suicide intent and planning in SSA is still unclear. Further studies should aim to clarify and refine the concepts and measures of SSA, thereby enabling more specific and concrete modeling of the psychological element in its formation.
conclusionSSA is a distinguishable phenomenon that needs to be addressed specifically within the scope of suicidal behavior. Interpersonal problems, as well as impulsivity and aggression, seem to facilitate SSA when mental pain serves as a secondary factor. Healthcare professionals should be aware of SSA, and familiar with its specific risk factors. Moreover, psychological and suicidal risk assessment should include a designated evaluation of these risk factors as part of intervention and prevention models for SSA.
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