ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2020
The Differences Between Individuals Engaging in Nonsuicidal Self-Injury and Suicide Attempt Are Complex (
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- The use of machine learning on administrative and survey data to predict suicidal thoughts and behaviors: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
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- Defining and assessing international classification of disease suicidality phenotypes for genetic studies.Psychiatry research · 2025Article
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- The Etiopathogenic Mosaic of Suicidal Behaviour.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Association between patterns of biological rhythm and self-harm: evidence from the baoxing youth mental health (BYMH) cohort.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- Risk Prediction Model for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Chinese Adolescents with Major Depressive Disorder Based on Machine Learning.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2024Article
- Multi-environment prediction of suicidal beliefs.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
- Correlates of Informant Discrepancies in Self-Harm Among Youth Involved in Child Protective Services.Children and youth services review · 2023Article
- Non-suicidal self-injury and its relation to suicide through acquired capability: investigating this causal mechanism in a mainly late-diagnosed autistic sample.Molecular autism · 2022Article
- Analysis of Motives and Factors Connected to Suicidal Behavior in Patients Hospitalized in a Psychiatric Department.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Prospective examination of self-harm up to three years after contact with Child Protective Services (CPS).International journal of injury control and safety promotion · 2022Article
- Invariance-based causal prediction to identify the direct causes of suicidal behavior.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Suicide capability within the ideation-to-action framework: A systematic scoping review.PloS one · 2022Article
- Defining Suicide in Clinical Trials-How Do We Fare?Indian journal of psychological medicine · 2022Article
- Nonsuicidal Self-Injury Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, and Lifetime History of Suicide Attempts among Male and Female Veterans with Mental Health Disorders.Journal of affective disorders · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundWhy do some people engage in nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI) while others attempt suicide? One way to advance knowledge about this question is to shed light on the differences between people who engage in NSSI and people who attempt suicide. These groups could differ in three broad ways. First, these two groups may differ in a simple way, such that one or a small set of factors is both necessary and sufficient to accurately distinguish the two groups. Second, they might differ in a complicated way, meaning that a specific set of a large number of factors is both necessary and sufficient to accurately classify them. Third, they might differ in a complex way, with no necessary factor combinations and potentially no sufficient factor combinations. In this scenario, at the group level, complicated algorithms would either be insufficient (
methodA total of 954 participants who have either engaged in NSSI and/or suicide attempt in their lifetime were recruited from online forums. Participants completed a series of measures on factors commonly associated with NSSI and suicide attempt. To test for simple differences, univariate logistic regressions were conducted. One theoretically informed multiple logistic regression model with suicidal desire, capability for suicide, and their interaction term was considered as well. To examine complicated and complex differences, multiple logistic regression and machine learning analyses were conducted.
resultsNo simple algorithm (
conclusionsFindings were consistent with complex differences between people who engage in NSSI and suicide attempts. Specific complicated algorithms were either insufficient (cross-validation results) or unnecessary (bootstrap optimism results) to distinguish between these groups with high accuracy.
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