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THE PATH NOT TAKEN: DISTINGUISHING INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLETE SUICIDE FROM THOSE WHO DIE BY NATURAL CAUSES DESPITE A SHARED HISTORY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPT

Beale, Eleanor
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1575459910435034

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, Master of Arts, Case Western Reserve University, Psychology.
Individuals with multiple suicide attempts are a part of a group at higher risk for eventual suicide. The current study aimed to identify important variables that can be used to distinguish risk among this already high-risk group. Psychological autopsy procedures were used to evaluate individuals who died by natural causes (n = 28) compared to individuals who died by suicide (n = 65), all with a history of suicide attempt. Wave 1 included all available subject and Wave 2 matched groups based on age, race, and gender. Significant differences spanned gender, diagnosis, toxicology report, health stress, hopelessness, ambivalence, time since first attempt, and number of lifetime attempts. A discriminant function analysis was used to successfully predict type of death using clinical variables. Better understanding these constructs and the factors describing individuals who have a history of a suicide attempt may offer points of intervention in this known high-risk population.
James Overholser (Advisor)
Norah Feeny (Committee Member)
Amy Przeworski (Committee Member)
Psychology

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  • Beale, E. (n.d.). THE PATH NOT TAKEN: DISTINGUISHING INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLETE SUICIDE FROM THOSE WHO DIE BY NATURAL CAUSES DESPITE A SHARED HISTORY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPT [Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1575459910435034

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Beale, Eleanor. THE PATH NOT TAKEN: DISTINGUISHING INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLETE SUICIDE FROM THOSE WHO DIE BY NATURAL CAUSES DESPITE A SHARED HISTORY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPT. Case Western Reserve University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1575459910435034.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Beale, Eleanor. "THE PATH NOT TAKEN: DISTINGUISHING INDIVIDUALS WHO COMPLETE SUICIDE FROM THOSE WHO DIE BY NATURAL CAUSES DESPITE A SHARED HISTORY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPT." Master's thesis, Case Western Reserve University. Accessed MAY 01, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1575459910435034

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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