Beyond the mental pain: A case-control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attempts
Background: Clinical and research findings have highlighted the role of interpersonal factors in suicidal behavior with high levels of intent and lethality. Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is at the extreme end of interpersonal difficulties. Thus, we aimed to understand the contribution of SPD s...
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| author | Y. Levi-Belz Y. Gvion U. Levi A. Apter |
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| description | Background: Clinical and research findings have highlighted the role of interpersonal factors in suicidal behavior with high levels of intent and lethality. Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is at the extreme end of interpersonal difficulties. Thus, we aimed to understand the contribution of SPD symptoms to suicide behavior and specifically to more lethal suicide attempts. Method: Four groups were investigated (N = 338): medically serious suicide attempters, medically non-serious suicide attempters, psychiatric and healthy controls. SPD symptoms, mental pain variants, and clinical characteristics were assessed. Results: Overall, attempters were characterized by higher levels of most SPD symptoms. Solitary lifestyle and emotional detachment were higher among medically serious suicide attempters relative to less-serious attempters. Emotional detachment doubled the risk for high lethality, beyond mental pain variables. Conclusions: SPD symptoms of interpersonal difficulties and low levels of emotional expressions are important risk factors for more severe suicidal behavior. Implications for identification of at-risk groups for suicide are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f4cca8ef14c445dbad616e16d8cbed52022-12-22T00:50:15ZengElsevierComprehensive Psychiatry0010-440X2019-04-0190102109Beyond the mental pain: A case-control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attemptsY. Levi-Belz0Y. Gvion1U. Levi2A. Apter3Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel; The Lior Tsfaty Center for Suicide and Mental Pain Studies, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel; Corresponding author at: Department of Behavioral Sciences, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, 40250, Israel.Department of Child Clinical Psychology, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, IsraelDepartment of Behavioral Sciences, Peres Academic Center, Rehovot, IsraelThe Lior Tsfaty Center for Suicide and Mental Pain Studies, Ruppin Academic Center, Emek Hefer, Israel; Feinberg Child Study Center, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach Tikvah, IsraelBackground: Clinical and research findings have highlighted the role of interpersonal factors in suicidal behavior with high levels of intent and lethality. Schizoid personality disorder (SPD) is at the extreme end of interpersonal difficulties. Thus, we aimed to understand the contribution of SPD symptoms to suicide behavior and specifically to more lethal suicide attempts. Method: Four groups were investigated (N = 338): medically serious suicide attempters, medically non-serious suicide attempters, psychiatric and healthy controls. SPD symptoms, mental pain variants, and clinical characteristics were assessed. Results: Overall, attempters were characterized by higher levels of most SPD symptoms. Solitary lifestyle and emotional detachment were higher among medically serious suicide attempters relative to less-serious attempters. Emotional detachment doubled the risk for high lethality, beyond mental pain variables. Conclusions: SPD symptoms of interpersonal difficulties and low levels of emotional expressions are important risk factors for more severe suicidal behavior. Implications for identification of at-risk groups for suicide are discussed.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0010440X19300136 |
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| title | Beyond the mental pain: A case-control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attempts |
| title_full | Beyond the mental pain: A case-control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attempts |
| title_fullStr | Beyond the mental pain: A case-control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attempts |
| title_full_unstemmed | Beyond the mental pain: A case-control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attempts |
| title_short | Beyond the mental pain: A case-control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attempts |
| title_sort | beyond the mental pain a case control study on the contribution of schizoid personality disorder symptoms to medically serious suicide attempts |
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