ReviewFrontiers in psychiatry2022
Psychological pain and suicidal behavior: A review.
Review in Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study of the Influence of Psychic Pain on Suicidal Ideation and Planning.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Depression and Suicidality in Patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Advanced Cardiac Therapies: Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Clinical Management.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Targeting Psychological Pain After a Suicide Attempt: Scoping Review and Intervention Protocol.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Basic psychological needs and psychache: associations with cognitive reappraisal and stress mindset in a cross-sectional sample.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Emotion Dysregulation, Impulsivity, and Implicit Cognition in Adolescent with Self-Injurious Thoughts and Behaviors: A Six-Month Prospective Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Existential Psychobiography: On Death and Dying Across the Life Span. Or How Extraordinary Individuals and Their Environments Deal With the End of Life.Europe's journal of psychology · 2025Article
- Network of cognitive, emotional, and pain perception factors linked to non-suicidal self-injury in Chinese adolescents.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The impact of psychological torque on suicidal ideation in elite athletes: the mediating role of psychological distress and the moderating role of sense of belonging.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- The association between the CUN-BAE index and depression mediated by SIRI: A large cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2025Article
- The effect of stress mindset on psychological pain: the chain mediating roles of cognitive reappraisal and self-identity.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Suicidal behaviors among refugee women in Jordan: post-traumatic stress disorder, social support and post-displacement stressors.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Psycho-Neuroendocrinology in the Rehabilitation Field: Focus on the Complex Interplay between Stress and Pain.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Review
- Neurogenetics and Epigenetics of Loneliness.Psychology research and behavior management · 2023Review
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Abstract
Despite accumulation of clinical research on risk factors for suicidal process, understanding of the mechanisms and pathways underlying the emergence of suicidal thoughts and their progression to acts is insufficient. The suicidal process has been conceptualized in multiple psychological theories that have aimed to shed light on the interplay of contributing factors. One of the central concepts included in both the cubic model of suicide and the three-step theory of suicide is psychological pain (mental pain or psychache). Over the two last decades, interest in psychological pain has increased considerably, particularly since the discovery of the complex link between the pain processing system and the neurobiology of suicide, and the putative antisuicidal effect of buprenorphine. Growing evidence supports the association between experiencing psychological pain and suicidal ideation and acts in both clinical and non-clinical samples. However, many questions related to the concept of psychological pain and its role in prediction of suicidal behavior remain to be answered in future research. In this narrative review, we have outlined the history of the concept, the definition of psychological pain, and the tools developed for its measurement, summarized the empirical research on psychological pain in relation to suicidal behavior, and suggested future directions for clinical research on psychological pain and suicidal behavior.
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