The developmental origins of suicide mortality: a systematic review of longitudinal studies

Vidal‐Ribas, Pablo; Govender, Theemeshni; Yu, Jing; Livinski, Alicia A.; Haynie, Denise L.; Gilman, Stephen E.

doi:10.1007/s00787-022-02092-6

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“…Suicide vulnerability may be established early in life, years or decades before suicide attempt; according to recent reviews, this vulnerability is connected to factors that influence children's development (Orri et al., 2019; Vidal‐Ribas et al., 2022). Children's neurocognitive development is associated with a range of proximal risk factors for suicide in adulthood including many types of psychiatric disorders, lower educational attainment, and lower socioeconomic status (Deary, Strand, Smith, & Fernandes, 2007; Fergusson, Horwood, & Ridder, 2005; Ritchie & Bates, 2013).…”

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Children's cognitive performance and suicide risk through middle adulthood

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Govender

et al. 2023

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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BackgroundLongitudinal studies show that lower cognitive performance in adolescence and early adulthood is associated with higher risk of suicide death throughout adulthood. However, it is unclear whether this cognitive vulnerability originates earlier in childhood since studies conducted in children are scarce and have inconsistent results.MethodsVital status of 49,853 individuals born between 1959 and 1966 to participants in the Collaborative Perinatal Project cohort was determined by a probabilistic linkage to the National Death Index, covering all US deaths occurring from 1979 through 2016. Cox proportional hazard models were used to examine associations of general, verbal, and non‐verbal intelligence at ages 4 and 7, and academic skills at age 7 with suicide death coded according to ICD‐9/10 criteria, while accounting for sociodemographic and pregnancy factors previously associated with suicide in this sample.ResultsBy the end of 2016, 288 cohort members had died by suicide. Cognitive performance at 7 years on tests with verbal components was associated with suicide risk (average vs. high verbal intelligence, HR = 1.97, 95% CI 1.05–3.71; low vs. high spelling skills, HR = 2.02, 95% CI 1.16–3.51; low vs. high reading skills, HR = 2.01, 95% CI 1.27–3.17). Associations were still evident, especially for verbal intelligence and reading skills, but hazard ratios were attenuated after adjusting for prenatal and sociodemographic factors at birth (verbal intelligence, HR = 1.97, 95% CI 1.03–3.78; spelling, HR = 1.61, 95% CI 0.90–2.88; reading, HR = 1.67, 95% CI 1.02–2.72).ConclusionsChildhood neurocognitive performance is associated with vulnerability to suicide mortality through middle‐adulthood, suggesting that there might be a cognitive diathesis for suicide originating in early childhood. Future studies should examine how multiple domains of childhood cognitive performance contribute to vulnerability to suicide risk, including by increasing risk for social and environmental factors that are associated not only with suicide but also with many types of psychiatric disorders.

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Children's cognitive performance and suicide risk through middle adulthood

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Govender

et al. 2023

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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Perfectionism and suicidal ideation: the serial mediating roles of appearance-based rejection sensitivity and loneliness

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Wu,

Feng

et al. 2024

Curr Psychol

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Suicide in individuals with no psychiatric disorders: what makes you vulnerable?

Sher

2023

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

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Summary Globally, hundreds of thousands of people die by suicide every year. Suicides are usually associated with psychiatric illness. However, considerable evidence suggests that a significant number of individuals who die by suicide do not have diagnosable psychiatric disorders. The goal of this article is to attract attention to an overlooked issue of suicide in persons with no psychiatric disorders and to discuss some aspects of this issue. Research on identification and prevention of suicidal behavior in people with no psychiatric disorders is very limited. The available data indicate that suicides in individuals without psychiatric disorders are related to life stressors, lack of social support, and certain personality traits such as impulsivity. Suicide risk may be increased in military veterans with no psychiatric disorders. Many physical disorders, especially conditions associated with pain increase suicide risk in individuals with no diagnosable psychiatric disorders. Developmental, genetic and physical factors may play a role in the psychobiology of suicide in people with no psychiatric conditions. Promoting resilience may reduce suicide risk in the general population. Clinicians who work with medical or surgical patients need to have sufficient training in suicide prevention. Possibly, shifting some suicide prevention resources from individuals who are regarded as high-risk suicide patients to the general population may reduce suicide rates. Public education and better awareness about suicide may reduce suicide deaths among people with no psychiatric disorders.

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The developmental origins of suicide mortality: a systematic review of longitudinal studies

Cited by 5 publications

References 106 publications

Children's cognitive performance and suicide risk through middle adulthood

Children's cognitive performance and suicide risk through middle adulthood

Perfectionism and suicidal ideation: the serial mediating roles of appearance-based rejection sensitivity and loneliness

Suicide in individuals with no psychiatric disorders: what makes you vulnerable?

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