TY - JOUR
T1 - From ideation to action
T2 - recent advances in understanding suicide capability
AU - May, Alexis M.
AU - Victor, Sarah E.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Elsevier Ltd
Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2018/8
Y1 - 2018/8
N2 - Suicide capability is one of few risk factors associated with suicide attempts among ideators. In the decade since the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide introduced the concept of acquired capability (i.e. the ability to face the fear and pain associated with death), understanding of the capability to attempt suicide has grown. Acquired (e.g. NSSI), dispositional (e.g. genetic), and practical contributors (e.g. access to firearms) appear to influence suicide capability via mechanisms such as the fear of death, persistence through pain, and familiarity with suicide methods. Self-report methods have shown mixed results, highlighting the importance of developing behavioral measures of suicide capability.
AB - Suicide capability is one of few risk factors associated with suicide attempts among ideators. In the decade since the Interpersonal Psychological Theory of Suicide introduced the concept of acquired capability (i.e. the ability to face the fear and pain associated with death), understanding of the capability to attempt suicide has grown. Acquired (e.g. NSSI), dispositional (e.g. genetic), and practical contributors (e.g. access to firearms) appear to influence suicide capability via mechanisms such as the fear of death, persistence through pain, and familiarity with suicide methods. Self-report methods have shown mixed results, highlighting the importance of developing behavioral measures of suicide capability.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85025094803&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.007
DO - 10.1016/j.copsyc.2017.07.007
M3 - Review article
C2 - 30122270
AN - SCOPUS:85025094803
VL - 22
SP - 1
EP - 6
JO - Current Opinion in Psychology
JF - Current Opinion in Psychology
SN - 2352-250X
ER -