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A T Beck

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PubMed1976

Components of suicidal intent in completed and attempted suicides.

An objective suicidal intent scale was completed for 235 completed suicides and 246 attempted suicides in Philadelphia. The responses to the items of the suicidal intent scale were factor analyzed separately for the two groups, and the pattern of factors compared. The major difference centered around communication. For the completed suicide the decision appears to be whether or not to communicate; for the attempted suicide the decision appears to be when to communicate.

Communication↗
PubMed1975

Hopelessness and suicidal behavior. An overview.

The relation of hopelessness to levels of depression and suicidal intent was explored both psychometrically and clinically. The results of an investigation of 384 suicide attempters support previous reports that hopelessness is the key variable linking depression to suicidal behavior. This finding has direct implications for the therapy of suicidal individuals. By focusing on reducing the sources of a patient's hopelessness, the professional may be able to alleviate suicidal crises more effectively than in the past.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1975

Classification of suicidal behaviors: I. Quantifying intent and medical lethality.

Previous studies of attempted suicide have cast doubt on the value of assessing psychological intent. By identifying a moderating variable, namely, the attempter's preconceptions about the lethality of his act, the authors were able to solve the puzzle of the low correlations between intent and lethality. Suicidal intent correlates highly with medical lethality when the attempter has sufficient knowledge to assess properly the probable outcome of his attempt. The authors conclude that suicidal intent and medical lethality are useful dimensions in classifying suicidal behavior.

Attitude to Death↗
PubMed1975

Attempted suicide in alcoholics and drug addicts.

Alcoholics who had attempted suicide differed on several demographic variables from addicts to other drugs who had attempted suicide; however; they did not differ on any psychological variable.

Adult↗
PubMed1975

Hopelessness: an indicator of suicidal risk.

In a sample of 87 hospitalized suicide attempters, a hopelessness scale was found to be significantly better than a depression inventory as an indicator of suicidal risk. Hopelessness also correlated better than depression with self-ratings of the attenuation of the desire to go on living.

Adolescent↗