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Suicide and the Predictions of Suicide.
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Suicide and the Predictions of Suicide Diane Poulos Abnormal Psychology 4-17-04 In the first paper I read about hopelessness and eventual suicide, four authors studied 207 hospitalized patients with suicidal ideation. There was a follow up period of 5-10 years when these patients were systematically checked up on to see their status. Fourteen eventually completed suicide within the follow up period. In the study the researchers used the Beck Depression Inventory, the Hopelessness Scale, and the Scale of Suicidal Ideation. The only tools that eventually predicted the suicides were the Hopelessness Scale and the pessimism items on the Beck Depression Inventory. This study is to prove the importance of hopelessness as an indicator of eventual suicide. Another study proved the extremity of suicidal attempts is more correlated with hopelessness than depression. Hopelessness seems to be more correlated with suicide in patients with alcohol and drug abusers. To run...
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