Suicidal behavior is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Fortunately, recent
developments in suicide theory and research promise to meaningfully advance knowledge …

Recent literature reviews find that traditional risk factors for suicide–such as depression,
hopelessness, most psychiatric disorders, and even impulsivity–robustly predict suicide …

Highlights•Several 'ideation-to-action'theories of suicide have been published since
2005.•These theories meaningfully advance understanding of suicide.•Pain and …

While suicidologists and public health officials are understandably preoccupied with
suicides and suicide attempts, the authors have recently begun to reflect on those with …

Suicidal ideation is the most common of all suicidal behavior, but only a minority of ideators
ever engages in overt self-harm. If ideation is to prove useful in the assessment of suicide …

Suicide attempt is generally defined as a self-destructive act carried out with some degree of
intent to end one's life. 1, 2 Suicidal behavior refers to suicide death but also includes …

Most individuals who consider suicide do not make suicide attempts. It is therefore critical to
identify which suicide ideators are at greatest risk of acting on their thoughts. However, few …

Klonsky and May (2014) argued that an “ideation-to-action” framework should guide suicide
theory, research, and prevention. From this perspective,(a) the development of suicide …

Background. Few studies have examined the extent to which populations of suicides and
attempted suicides are similar, or different. This paper compares suicides and serious …

A random sample of 3,935 adults from a general population were interviewed and asked to
report how often they had thoughts of suicide as well as their opinion on the frequency of …