TY - JOUR
T1 - On the Role of Impulsivity and Decision-Making in Suicidal Behavior
AU - Gvion, Y
AU - Levi-Belz, Y
AU - Hadlaczky, G
AU - Apter, A
PY - 2015/9/22
Y1 - 2015/9/22
N2 - Suicide risk constitutes a complex set of interacting demographic, clinical, psychobiological and environmental variables. Impulsivity is a long-known risk factor for suicide attempts. However, research based on clearer conceptual refinement in this area is imperative. One emerging field of study is that of decision-making. Impulsivity involves a failure of higher-order control, including decision-making. Using standardized operational definitions that take into consideration relevant aspects of impulsivity, including state- and trait-components and a deeper understanding of the process of decision-making in the suicidal mind, we may come a step closer to understanding suicidality and winning the fight in this scourge of human suffering
AB - Suicide risk constitutes a complex set of interacting demographic, clinical, psychobiological and environmental variables. Impulsivity is a long-known risk factor for suicide attempts. However, research based on clearer conceptual refinement in this area is imperative. One emerging field of study is that of decision-making. Impulsivity involves a failure of higher-order control, including decision-making. Using standardized operational definitions that take into consideration relevant aspects of impulsivity, including state- and trait-components and a deeper understanding of the process of decision-making in the suicidal mind, we may come a step closer to understanding suicidality and winning the fight in this scourge of human suffering
UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/502165bb-3dd2-3540-befc-2a4e392a50c7/
U2 - 10.5498/wjp.v5.i3.255
DO - 10.5498/wjp.v5.i3.255
M3 - Editorial
C2 - 26425440
SN - 2220-3206
VL - 5
SP - 255
EP - 259
JO - WORLD JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
JF - WORLD JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
IS - 3
ER -
