ICPS

2021 APS Virtual Convention · 2021

The Path Not Taken: Distinguishing Individuals Who Share a History of Suicide Attempt

Virtual · May 2021

Posters · Clinical Science

  • Eleanor Beale
    Case Western Reserve University
  • James Overholser
    Case Western Reserve University
  • Sidney Brannam
    Case Western Reserve University
  • Stephanie Gomez
    Case Western Reserve University
  • Craig Stockmeier
    Case Western Reserve University

Abstract

The current study used psychological autopsy methods to assess differences between individuals who shared a history of a suicide attempt across demographic, clinical, hopelessness, and ambivalence variables, as well as factors surrounding time of death and the first suicide attempt. Significant differences were found between suicide and natural death group.

Suicide