Hossein Ghafelebashi’s research while affiliated with Qazvin University of Medical Sciences and other places

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Repetition of Suicide-Related Behavior: A Study of the Characteristics, Psychopathology, Suicidality and Negative Life Events in Iran
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February 2009

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The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Homayoun Sheikholeslami

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Hossein Ghafelebashi

Repetition of suicide-related behavior (SRB) is a risk factor for further suicidal behavior and death. The purpose of this study was to compare characteristics of patients with and without repeated episodes of SRB to determine whether characteristics of suicide attempt, psychopathology, and psychiatric comorbidity differ between groups, and if specific aspects of core suicidality may help guide screening of individuals at risk of further suicidal behaviors. Thirty-five patient with repeated episodes of SRB and 49 with a single episode who came to the emergency room of two Qazvin referral hospitals after an episode of SRB were compared on demographic and background characteristics, the circumstances of the suicide attempts, levels of suicidality (i.e., ideation), and psychological characteristics. Patients with repeated episodes were more depressed, hopeless, and impulsive, had higher scores on factors associated with expected outcome and planning activities of the Suicide Intent Scale. They displayed greater suicidality, psychiatric comorbidity, and reported more negative life events, dissatisfaction with life, and poorer perceive social support. Some of the characteristics of patients with repeated suicide-related behavior propose major clinical challenges that should be addressed in an endeavor to reduce suicide risk.

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... Patients who had repeated attempts in their history are not only more likely to suffer from depression instead of another psychiatric disorder, but seem to have higher depression scores than patients who had a single attempt (Mendez-Bustos et al., 2013). In this study, females but not males with multiple attempts in their history were found to be more depressed compared to females with a single attempt in agreement with other studies which showed that increased depression scores associate with repetition of suicide attempts (Andover et al., 2007;da Silva Cais et al., 2009;Groholt et al., 2006;Scoliers et al., 2009;Sheikholeslami et al., 2009). Our results are in accordance with the study of Monnin et al. (2012), who showed that more severe depressive symptoms constitute a significant risk factor for reattempt in women but not in men. ...

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Psychiatric diagnosis, gender, aggression, and mode of attempt in patients with single versus repeated suicide attempts
Repetition of Suicide-Related Behavior: A Study of the Characteristics, Psychopathology, Suicidality and Negative Life Events in Iran
  • Citing Article
  • February 2009

The International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine