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Reason for cautious optimism? Two studies suggesting reduced stigma against suicideTracy K Witte
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, P O Box 3064301, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301 USA
J Clin Psychol 66:611-26. 2010..Results demonstrated reduced stigma toward suicide, with the belief that suicide is morally bad exhibiting the largest change...- Do major depressive disorder and dysthymic disorder confer differential risk for suicide?Tracy K Witte
Florida State University, Department of Psychology, 32306 4301, United States
J Affect Disord 115:69-78. 2009.... - Assessing suicide risk among callers to crisis hotlines: a confirmatory factor analysisTracy K Witte
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, P O Box 3064301, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
J Clin Psychol 66:941-64. 2010..e., Suicidal Desire and Ideation; SDI). The RPP factor trended toward being more predictive of suicidal ideation at follow-up than the SDI factor... 
"Impulsive" youth suicide attempters are not necessarily all that impulsiveTracy K Witte
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Affect Disord 107:107-16. 2008..theory posits that this relationship is indirect in that impulsive individuals are more likely to engage in suicidal behavior because impulsivity makes one more likely to be exposed to painful and provocative stimuli...- Main predictions of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior: empirical tests in two samples of young adultsThomas E Joiner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 4301, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 118:634-46. 2009..ideation) among a clinical sample of suicidal young adults, again beyond depression indices and other key covariates. Implications for the understanding, treatment, and prevention of suicidal behavior are discussed... 
Suicidal ideation in college students varies across semesters: the mediating role of belongingnessKimberly A Van Orden
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 38:427-35. 2008..Theoretical, as well as practical, implications are discussed regarding mechanisms for seasonal variation in suicidal ideation...- Suicidal desire and the capability for suicide: tests of the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior among adultsKimberly A Van Orden
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 76:72-83. 2008..In Study 3, the interaction of acquired capability and perceived burdensomeness predicted clinician-rated risk for suicidal behavior. Implications for the etiology, assessment, and treatment of suicidal behavior are discussed... - Factors of suicide ideation and their relation to clinical and other indicators in older adultsTracy K Witte
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306-1270, United States
J Affect Disord 94:165-72. 2006..CONCLUSION: The current study has provided data on the factor structure of the SSI in an older population, demonstrating that suicidal ideation in this group is similar to younger age groups... - Clinical applications of the interpersonal-psychological theory of attempted and completed suicideNadia E Stellrecht
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, FL 32306-1270, USA
J Clin Psychol 62:211-22. 2006.... - Revisiting impulsivity in suicide: implications for civil liability of third partiesApril R Smith
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
Behav Sci Law 26:779-97. 2008..The authors contend that the surest way for universities, prison staff, and mental health practitioners to avoid being held liable for a suicide is to appropriately assess for suicidal intent... - The reinforcing properties of repeated deliberate self-harmKathryn H Gordon
Department of Psychology, North Dakota State University, Fargo, USA
Arch Suicide Res 14:329-41. 2010..The findings suggest that the emotion regulation functions of DSH may become more reinforcing with repetition... - Variability in suicidal ideation: a better predictor of suicide attempts than intensity or duration of ideation?Tracy K Witte
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Affect Disord 88:131-6. 2005..We also examined if there was an interaction between gender and the parameters of intensity, duration, and variability... - The relationship between body dysmorphic disorder behaviors and the acquired capability for suicideTracy K Witte
Department of Psychology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA
Suicide Life Threat Behav 42:318-31. 2012..Our hypothesis was partially confirmed, as BDD-related restrictive food intake was associated with suicide attempts (but not suicide-related ideation) even after controlling for numerous covariates... - Four studies on how past and current suicidality relate even when "everything but the kitchen sink" is covariedThomas E Joiner
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 32306 1270, USA
J Abnorm Psychol 114:291-303. 2005..Results provide additional support for the importance of past suicidality as a substantive risk factor for later suicidal behavior... - Deaths by suicide among individuals with anorexia as arbiters between competing explanations of the anorexia-suicide linkJill M Holm-Denoma
University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA
J Affect Disord 107:231-6. 2008..Suicide is a leading cause of death among individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN). In this paper, we examined competing explanations of the high rate of death by suicide among individuals with anorexia nervosa (AN)... - Relationship between quantity and frequency of alcohol use and indices of suicidal behavior in an elderly Australian sampleJon J Pfaff
Western Australian Center for Health and Ageing, School of Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Western Australia in Perth, Australia
Suicide Life Threat Behav 37:616-26. 2007..The interaction between quantity and frequency of alcohol use was significant, suggesting that those who use alcohol less frequently but in greater quantities (i.e., binge drinking) are more likely to have a history of suicide attempts... - Birth month and depressive and suicidal symptoms in an elderly Australian sample born in the Southern or Northern HemisphereJon J Pfaff
Unit of Geriatric Psychiatry, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Psychiatry Res 144:217-9. 2006..Date and country of birth were recorded for each participant. Those in utero during the Northern or Southern Hemisphere flu peak were expected to show the highest depressive and suicidal symptoms. Hypotheses were partially supported... - Naturalistic evaluation of suicidal ideation: variability and relation to attempt statusTracy K Witte
The Ohio State University, USA
Behav Res Ther 44:1029-40. 2006..These findings have implications for conceptual models of suicide risk as well as assessment and treatment of suicidal individuals...
Research Grants
- Studies on the Acquired Ability for SuicideTracy Witte; Fiscal Year: 2007..The third study will investigate gender differences in mood lability and how these differences facilitate exposure to painful stimuli, thereby conferring additional risk for suicide. ..