Characteristics of Impulsive Suicide Attempts and Attempters

• Published in: Suicide & life-threatening behavior Vol. 32; no. s1; pp. 49 - 59
• Main Authors: Simon, Thomas R., Swann, Alan C., Powell, Kenneth E., Potter, Lloyd B., Kresnow, Marcie-jo, O'Carroll, Patrick W.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2002
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Adult; Affective Behavior; Aggression; Alcohol Drinking - psychology; Case Studies; Case-Control Studies; Catchment Area (Health); Client Characteristics (Human Services); Cognitive Processes; Conceptual Tempo; Death; Decision making; Depression (Psychology); Depressive Disorder - psychology; Emotional Problems; Female; Humans; Impulsive Behavior - psychology; Individual Characteristics; Injuries; Male; Measures (Individuals); Medical Services; Multivariate Analysis; Odds Ratio; Personality Traits; Physicians; Predictor Variables; Psychological Patterns; Psychology; Self Control; Suicide; Suicide Prevention; Suicide, Attempted - classification; Suicide, Attempted - prevention & control; Suicide, Attempted - psychology; Suicides & suicide attempts; Texas; Time Factors; Young Adults; Texas

Suicide attempts often are impulsive, yet little is known about the characteristics of impulsive suicide. We examined impulsive suicide attempts within a population‐based, case‐control study of nearly lethal suicide attempts among people 13–34 years of age. Attempts were considered impulsive if the...