Gender and geographical distribution of editorial board members of three leading suicide journals.
Conclusion: This study reveals that approximately one third of the editorial positions were occupied by women and less than 4% of editors were from LMICs, where suicide represents a significant burden. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - August 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Randomized controlled trial of an online suicide prevention gatekeeper training program: Impacts on college student knowledge, gatekeeper skills, and suicide stigma.
Conclusions: Completion of gatekeeper training resulted in increases in preparedness and self-efficacy for engaging in gatekeeper behaviors, as well as a reduction in suicide-related stigma. Despite small intervention effects, the online AS + K? training appears to be a promising program. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - August 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

The Suicide Prevention for College Student (SPCS) gatekeepers program: A 3-year review of the evidence.
Conclusion: This study provides support for the efficacy and generalizability of the SPCS Gatekeepers training program. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - June 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

What is a crisis? Perspectives of crisis support help-seekers.
Conclusion: Help-seekers perceive crisis as a complex concept comprising many themes, with some similarities and differences between suicide-related and nonsuicide-related help-seekers. The findings may inform crisis helplines in promoting and tailoring their services to better meet user needs. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - June 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Childhood maltreatment and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in young adults: The role of limited access to emotion regulation strategies.
Conclusions: The findings suggest that, for individuals who have experienced childhood maltreatment, it is particularly important to address deficits in access to emotion regulation strategies to reduce the risk of suicidal ideation and behavior. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - June 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A suicide-specific diagnosis – the case against.
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Vol 44(3), 2023, 183-188; doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000912Comments on an article by Cohen, et al. (see record 2023-84177-001). We applaud Dr. Cohen and her colleagues for developing the suicide crisis syndrome (SCS) and its attendant focus on high and acute suicide risk, in particular that of high and acute suicide risk that is not dependent upon the patient’s communicated suicide ideation (SI) as a gateway to its assessment. In several published papers (Berman & Silverman, 2014; Silverman & Berman, 2014a, 2014b) we have observed and commented upon the inade...
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - June 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A suicide-specific diagnosis – the case for.
The objective of this editorial was to provide a thorough analysis of the “pros and cons” of including the suicide crisis syndrome diagnosis in the DSM. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - June 22, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A distress-processing model for clients in suicidal crisis: Development and initial validation.
Conclusion: Our findings provide a framework for conceptualizing and operationalizing how clients move through suicidal crises, which can facilitate intervention and research developments. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - June 15, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A rapid systematic review of the prevalence of suicide and self-harm behaviors in adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Conclusions: There is wide variation in study methodology, population, settings, and age groups in the included studies. Suicidal behavior and self-harm were increased in specific study settings and adolescent populations during the pandemic. More methodologically rigorous research is needed to evaluate the impact of COVID-19 on adolescent suicidal behavior and self-harm. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 29, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Financial stress, unemployment, and suicide—A meta-analysis.
Conclusion: After accounting for physical/mental health, financial stress and unemployment weakly associated with suicide, and the associations may be nonsignificant. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - May 25, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Discrimination experiences of orphans and left-behind children in China as predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors: The mediating role of self-esteem.
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Vol 44(6), 2023, 518-524; doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000903Background: Suicide has been recognized as a serious problem in orphans and left-behind children. It is important to examine the differences in the factors affecting suicidal thoughts and behaviors between the two groups. Aims: To compare the lifetime rates of suicidal thoughts and behaviors between orphans, left-behind children, and other children, and to assess the impact of discrimination experiences and the mediating role of self-esteem. Methods: A total of 2,413 children from middle schools in Chin...
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - April 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

A public health, whole-of-government approach to national suicide prevention strategies.
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Vol 44(2), 2023, 85-92; doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000902Many countries have national suicide prevention strategies, all of which aim to reduce suicide and many of which also address self-harm more generally (World Health Organization, 2018). In this editorial, the authors argue that national strategies could be strengthened through an increased focus on the social determinants associated with suicide and self-harm. The authors present a public health model that articulates how these social determinants might operate and how they might interact with individual-...
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - April 3, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Clinically significant scores for thwarted belonging and perceived burden from the Interpersonal Needs Questionnaire (INQ-15).
Conclusions: The INQ-15 yields scores with reliable cut-off scores for both TB and PB that represent clinically significant levels of social disconnection. These cut-off scores can be used in treatment trials and clinical practice to assess clinical improvement (or decline) in belonging and perceived burden. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - February 20, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Doing the right thing – Ethical issues in designing suicide prevention studies.
Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Vol 44(1), 2023, 1-6; doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000899As both researchers and institutional review boards or human research ethics committees (referred to here as “research ethics committees”) have a role in designing suicide prevention studies, this editorial discusses tensions that have been noted between these two parties and their views on dealing with ethical issues in suicide research. It advocates for the use of consensus recommendations encompassing evidence-based and lived-experience informed guidance and for thorough collaboration to enhance and ...
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - February 16, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research

Correction to Port et al. (2022).
Conclusion: Despite the subjective burden of COVID-19-related stress on suicidal Lifeline callers, this was not associated with new suicidality or heightened suicide risk. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) (Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention)
Source: Crisis: The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention - February 2, 2023 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research