Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a common and severe mental disorder that is
associated with severe functional impairment and a high suicide rate. BPD is usually …

Over the past several decades, research has focused increasingly on developmental
precursors to psychological disorders that were previously assumed to emerge only in …

Background. The psychological autopsy method offers the most direct technique currently
available for examining the relationship between particular antecedents and suicide. This …

Background It is well known that most suicide cases meet criteria for a psychiatric disorder.
However, rates of specific disorders vary considerably between studies and little information …

Filling a tremendous need, this highly practical book adapts the proven techniques of
dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to treatment of multiproblem adolescents at highest risk …

Objective The objective of this study was to determine the psychiatric risk factors for
adolescent suicide. Method Sixty-seven adolescent suicide victims were compared with 67 …

Suicidal behavior is frequent in patients with borderline personality disorder (BPD); at least
three-quarters of these patients attempt suicide and approximately 10% eventually complete …

One of the most established “truths” in suicidology is that almost all (90% or more) of those
who kill themselves suffer from one or more mental disorders, and a causal link between the …

Suicide is the major cause of death among patients with borderline personality disorder;
however, the literature on completed suicides in such disorder is inconclusive, as suicide …

This review focuses on psychopathologic risk factors for adolescent suicide and suicidal
behavior, namely, affective, disruptive, substance abuse, psychotic, and personality …