Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters
Background Suicidal behaviour is the end result of the complex relation between many factors which are biological, psychological and environmental in nature. Network analysis is a novel method that may help us better understand the complex association betw...
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| author | Derek P. de Beurs Claudia D. van Borkulo Rory C. O'Connor |
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Background
Suicidal behaviour is the end result of the complex relation between many factors which are biological, psychological and environmental in nature. Network analysis is a novel method that may help us better understand the complex association between different factors.
Aims
To examine the relationship between suicidal symptoms as assessed by the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation and future suicidal behaviour in patients admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt, using network analysis.
Method
Secondary analysis was conducted on previously collected data from a sample of 366 patients who were admitted to a Scottish hospital following a suicide attempt. Network models were estimated to visualise and test the association between baseline symptom network structure and suicidal behaviour at 15-month follow-up.
Results
Network analysis showed that the desire for an active attempt was found to be the most central, strongly related suicide symptom. Of the 19 suicide symptoms that were assessed at baseline, 10 symptoms were directly related to repeat suicidal behaviour. When comparing baseline network structure of repeaters (n=94) with the network of non-repeaters (n=272), no significant differences were found.
Conclusions
Network analysis can help us better understand suicidal behaviour by visualising the complex relation between relevant symptoms and by indicating which symptoms are most central within the network. These insights have theoretical implications as well as informing the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviour.
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| spelling | doaj.art-f9ffb1d91fcc4d32a14eef09ba44e1cb2023-03-09T12:28:42ZengCambridge University PressBJPsych Open2056-47242017-05-01312012610.1192/bjpo.bp.116.004275Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attemptersDerek P. de Beurs0Claudia D. van Borkulo1Rory C. O'Connor2Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research (NIVEL), Utrecht, The NetherlandsDepartment of Psychology, Psychological Methods Group, University of Amsterdam, The NetherlandsSuicidal Behaviour Research Laboratory, Institute of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK Background Suicidal behaviour is the end result of the complex relation between many factors which are biological, psychological and environmental in nature. Network analysis is a novel method that may help us better understand the complex association between different factors. Aims To examine the relationship between suicidal symptoms as assessed by the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation and future suicidal behaviour in patients admitted to hospital following a suicide attempt, using network analysis. Method Secondary analysis was conducted on previously collected data from a sample of 366 patients who were admitted to a Scottish hospital following a suicide attempt. Network models were estimated to visualise and test the association between baseline symptom network structure and suicidal behaviour at 15-month follow-up. Results Network analysis showed that the desire for an active attempt was found to be the most central, strongly related suicide symptom. Of the 19 suicide symptoms that were assessed at baseline, 10 symptoms were directly related to repeat suicidal behaviour. When comparing baseline network structure of repeaters (n=94) with the network of non-repeaters (n=272), no significant differences were found. Conclusions Network analysis can help us better understand suicidal behaviour by visualising the complex relation between relevant symptoms and by indicating which symptoms are most central within the network. These insights have theoretical implications as well as informing the assessment and treatment of suicidal behaviour. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S205647240000212X/type/journal_article |
| spellingShingle | Derek P. de Beurs Claudia D. van Borkulo Rory C. O'Connor Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters BJPsych Open |
| title | Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters |
| title_full | Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters |
| title_fullStr | Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters |
| title_short | Association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital-treated suicide attempters |
| title_sort | association between suicidal symptoms and repeat suicidal behaviour within a sample of hospital treated suicide attempters |
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