Psychache and Suicide: A Preliminary Investigation

Autor/inn/en	Pompili, Maurizio; Lester, David; Leenaars, Antoon A.; Tatarelli, Roberto; Girardi, Paolo
Titel	Psychache and Suicide: A Preliminary Investigation
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 38 (2008) 1, S.116-121 (6 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2008.38.1.116
Schlagwörter	Pain; Suicide; Patients; Psychiatry; At Risk Persons; Emotional Response; Correlation; Test Validity; Psychometrics; Evaluation Methods + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schmerz; Selbstmord; Patient; Psychiatrie; Risikogruppe; Emotionales Verhalten; Korrelation; Testvalidität; Psychometry; Psychometrie
Abstract	Shneidman's Psychological Pain Assessment Scale (PPAS; 1999) was administered to 88 psychiatric patients. Both current and worst-ever psychache were significantly higher in those patients judged by a psychiatrist, on the basis of a structured clinical interview, to be at risk of suicide. However, current and worst-ever psychache were not associated with having attempted suicide in the past. Thus, for the present sample of psychiatric patients, the PPAS appears to be more sensitive to current suicidality than to past suicidality. Further, there are validity issues with the PPAS, with the need for multi-item measures and probably a multifactor measure. (Author).
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