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Mar 2020 DOI 10.14302/issn.2641-4538.jphi-20-3242
Nitasha NagarajCorresponding author
Mental health and mental illness is a critical to a person’s overall health. In the United States alone, mental illness effects one in six adults. Furthermore, 40% of those individuals who die of suicide have been diagnosed with a mental health condition or illness. Yet, there is a paucity of resear…
Aug 2018
Jalessa PerezCorresponding author
The present study was designed to examine differences among cancer patients who died by medical/natural causes or by suicide. This study aims to identify protective and risk factors for suicide in individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer. Unlike previous studies that examined suicidality in c…
Jun 2018
Ladislav ValachCorresponding author
Objectives: Torture survivors suffer psychosocial distress such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Patients with PTSD and depression have increased risk for suicidal behavior. The aim of this study is to identify those torture and war survivors who have suicidal thoughts and des…
Mar 2017
Daniel Vélez OrtizCorresponding author
The objective of this study was to examine differences between Latino and White older adults in attitudes toward suicide and physician-assisted suicide in chronic pain scenarios. We used a cross sectional study design at four outpatient care sites in San Antonio, Texas. The study sample included 204…
Jan 2017 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-16-1306
Sylvie LapierreCorresponding author
Background. Suicide prevention programs centred on reinforcing protective factors are uncommon. Aims. Since leading a meaningful life is incompatible with suicide, a 14-week program designed to help participants realize meaningful personal goals was created to improve the psychological well-being (P…
Jun 2015 DOI 10.14302/issn.2476-1710.jdt-14-567
James C. OverholserCorresponding author
Background: Depression is related to suicidal ideation, attempts, and completion. However, depression fails to provide any specific identification for suicide risk. Hopelessness has been found to provide a more accurate estimate of suicide risk than seen in depression severity, and hopelessness can…