The primary purpose of this paper is to review recent research examining the beneficial
effects of optimism on psychological and physical well-being. The review focuses on …

This article reviews the literature on the association between impulsivity aggression and
suicide. The key words impulsivity, aggression, and suicide were entered into the pubmed …

This book is a reader-friendly description of a viewpoint on human behavior which sees all
behavior as aimed at attaining goals. A wide variety of topics are treated (the theory is …

In this compelling look at the psychology of hope, CR Snyder provides insights into the
personality of the highly hopeful individual. Drawing on inspiring clinical cases, as well as …

OBJECTIVE: Risk factors for suicide attempts have rarely been studied comprehensively in
more than one psychiatric disorder, preventing estimation of the relative importance and the …

A prospective study of 1,958 outpatients found that hopelessness, as measured by the Beck
Hopelessness Scale, was significantly related to eventual suicide. A scale cutoff score of 9 …

Suicide is an escalating public health problem, and alcohol use has consistently been
implicated in the precipitation of suicidal behavior. Alcohol abuse may lead to suicidality …

The authors studied 954 psychiatric patients with major affective disorders and found that
nine clinical features were associated with suicide. Six of these--panic attacks, severe …

OBJECTIVE: In 1970, Guze and Robins published a meta-analysis of suicide in patients with
affective illness that inferred a lifetime risk of 15%. Since then, this figure has been …

Cognitive therapy has been influenced by a variety of theories of psychopathology and the
process of therapy. At the theoretical level, it has been primarily influenced by three …