Coping and suicide risk in high risk psychiatric patients
Ambrus, Livia LU ; Sunnqvist, Charlotta ; Asp, Marie LU ; Westling, Sofie LU
and Westrin, Åsa
LU
(2020)
In Journal of Mental Health
29(1).
p.27-32
- Abstract
Background: A dysfunctional use of coping strategies has repeatedly been linked to suicidal behaviour in non-psychiatric populations. However, data regarding association between coping strategies and suicidal behaviour in psychiatric populations are limited. Aims: The aim of the study was to investigate the possible relationship between self-reported suicide risk, suicidal ideation and coping strategies in three psychiatric cohorts. Method: Three cohorts of psychiatric patients were involved in the study; recent suicide attempters (n = 55), suicide attempters at follow-up 12 years after a suicide attempt (n = 38) and patients with ongoing depression without attempted suicide (n = 72). Patients filled in the self-rating version of The... (More)
Background: A dysfunctional use of coping strategies has repeatedly been linked to suicidal behaviour in non-psychiatric populations. However, data regarding association between coping strategies and suicidal behaviour in psychiatric populations are limited. Aims: The aim of the study was to investigate the possible relationship between self-reported suicide risk, suicidal ideation and coping strategies in three psychiatric cohorts. Method: Three cohorts of psychiatric patients were involved in the study; recent suicide attempters (n = 55), suicide attempters at follow-up 12 years after a suicide attempt (n = 38) and patients with ongoing depression without attempted suicide (n = 72). Patients filled in the self-rating version of The Suicide Assessment Scale (SUAS-S) from which items no. 17–20 addressing current suicidal ideation were extracted. To investigate coping strategies, the Coping Orientation of Problem Experience Inventory (COPE) was used. Results: In all cohorts, regression analyses showed that only avoidant coping was significantly correlated with the scores of SUAS-S adjusted for covariates. The items no. 17–20 correlated significantly to avoidant coping but not with other coping strategies in all cohorts. Conclusion: The results of this study indicate that among coping strategies only avoidant coping may be associated with suicide risk in psychiatric patients independently of history of attempted suicide.
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- author
- Ambrus, Livia
LU
; Sunnqvist, Charlotta
; Asp, Marie
LU
; Westling, Sofie
LU
and Westrin, Åsa
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- attempted suicide, avoidant coping, Coping, suicide risk
- in
- Journal of Mental Health
- volume
- 29
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 6 pages
- publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- external identifiers
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- pmid:29260914
- scopus:85079033084
- ISSN
- 0963-8237
- DOI
- 10.1080/09638237.2017.1417547
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 3c391a48-712a-4b05-8a6d-b86605d4498e
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- 2018-01-02 15:40:43
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