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Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic

INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the lifetime prevalence of different indicators of suicidality in the Irish general population; whether suicidality has increased during the COVID‐19 pandemic; and what factors associated with belonging to different points on a continuum of suicidality risk. METHO...

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Autores principales: Hyland, Philip, Rochford, Sarah, Munnelly, Anita, Dodd, Philip, Fox, Robert, Vallières, Frédérique, McBride, Orla, Shevlin, Mark, Bentall, Richard P., Butter, Sarah, Karatzias, Thanos, Murphy, Jamie
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8420335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34184787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12783
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author Hyland, Philip
Rochford, Sarah
Munnelly, Anita
Dodd, Philip
Fox, Robert
Vallières, Frédérique
McBride, Orla
Shevlin, Mark
Bentall, Richard P.
Butter, Sarah
Karatzias, Thanos
Murphy, Jamie
author_facet Hyland, Philip
Rochford, Sarah
Munnelly, Anita
Dodd, Philip
Fox, Robert
Vallières, Frédérique
McBride, Orla
Shevlin, Mark
Bentall, Richard P.
Butter, Sarah
Karatzias, Thanos
Murphy, Jamie
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description INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the lifetime prevalence of different indicators of suicidality in the Irish general population; whether suicidality has increased during the COVID‐19 pandemic; and what factors associated with belonging to different points on a continuum of suicidality risk. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of Irish adults (N = 1,032) completed self‐report measures in May 2020 and a follow‐up in August 2020 (n = 715). RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence rates were 29.5% for suicidal ideation, 12.9% for non‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI), and 11.2% for attempted suicide. There were no changes in past two‐week rates of NSSI and attempted suicide during the pandemic. Correlations between the indicators of suicidality supported a progression from ideation to NSSI to attempted suicide. Suicidal ideation alone was associated with being male, unemployed, higher loneliness, and lower religiosity. NSSI (with no co‐occurring attempted suicide) was associated with a history of mental health treatment. Attempted suicide was associated with ethnic minority status, lower education, lower income, PTSD, depression, and history of mental health treatment. CONCLUSION: Suicidal ideation, NSSI, and attempted suicide are relatively common phenomena in the general adult Irish population, and each has unique psychosocial correlates. These findings highlight important targets for prevention and intervention efforts.
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spelling pubmed-84203352021-09-07 Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic Hyland, Philip Rochford, Sarah Munnelly, Anita Dodd, Philip Fox, Robert Vallières, Frédérique McBride, Orla Shevlin, Mark Bentall, Richard P. Butter, Sarah Karatzias, Thanos Murphy, Jamie Suicide Life Threat Behav Original Articles INTRODUCTION: Little is known about the lifetime prevalence of different indicators of suicidality in the Irish general population; whether suicidality has increased during the COVID‐19 pandemic; and what factors associated with belonging to different points on a continuum of suicidality risk. METHODS: A nationally representative sample of Irish adults (N = 1,032) completed self‐report measures in May 2020 and a follow‐up in August 2020 (n = 715). RESULTS: Lifetime prevalence rates were 29.5% for suicidal ideation, 12.9% for non‐suicidal self‐injury (NSSI), and 11.2% for attempted suicide. There were no changes in past two‐week rates of NSSI and attempted suicide during the pandemic. Correlations between the indicators of suicidality supported a progression from ideation to NSSI to attempted suicide. Suicidal ideation alone was associated with being male, unemployed, higher loneliness, and lower religiosity. NSSI (with no co‐occurring attempted suicide) was associated with a history of mental health treatment. Attempted suicide was associated with ethnic minority status, lower education, lower income, PTSD, depression, and history of mental health treatment. CONCLUSION: Suicidal ideation, NSSI, and attempted suicide are relatively common phenomena in the general adult Irish population, and each has unique psychosocial correlates. These findings highlight important targets for prevention and intervention efforts. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-06-29 2022-02 /pmc/articles/PMC8420335/ /pubmed/34184787 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12783 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Suicide and Life‐Threatening Behavior published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American Association of Suicidology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Hyland, Philip
Rochford, Sarah
Munnelly, Anita
Dodd, Philip
Fox, Robert
Vallières, Frédérique
McBride, Orla
Shevlin, Mark
Bentall, Richard P.
Butter, Sarah
Karatzias, Thanos
Murphy, Jamie
Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_full Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_fullStr Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_full_unstemmed Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_short Predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: A longitudinal, nationally representative study of the Irish population during the COVID‐19 pandemic
title_sort predicting risk along the suicidality continuum: a longitudinal, nationally representative study of the irish population during the covid‐19 pandemic
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8420335/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34184787
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12783
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