Comparative Study of Suicide Potential Among Pakistani and American Psychiatric Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12094986 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yasmin Nilofer Farooqi (University of California, Santa Barbara, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 19-46 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Death Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0748-1187 • E-ISSN: 1091-7683 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07481180490249247 |
| PMID | 14969276 |
| OpenAlex | W2019014013 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 44 |
This study compared suicide potential and suicide attempts in 50 Pakistani and 50 American psychiatric patients all of whom reported a positive history of suicide attempts during the past 1-5 years. It further explored the role of nationality, gender, diagnosis, and marital status in respondents' potential for suicide and suicide attempts. The American sample reported a higher degree of suicide potential on the Firestone Assessment of Self-Destructive Thoughts (FAST), more suicide attempts, and a larger number of suicide precipitants (family conflicts, work pressure, wish for death, loneliness, financial problems, and mental disorders/drug withdrawal) than did the Pakistani sample. For suicide attempts, effects of 3-way interaction for gender, marital status and nationality were found significant. However, these effects were non-significant for respondent's potential for suicide. In addition, the FAST was found to have a significantly high correlation with suicide attempts. Thus, it may be inferred that the FAST can be used as a valuable screening instrument for the identification of patients at risk for suicide in diverse cultural settings. However, more prospective validity studies are needed to enhance our cross-cultural understanding of suicide; identification of psychiatric patients at risk for suicide by the FAST; and for effective treatment and prevention programs for Eastern and Western societies
Environmental health · Injury prevention · Loneliness · Marital status · Medical emergency · Poison control · Population · Psychiatry · Respondent · Suicide attempt · Suicide methods · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Medicine · Mental Health Treatment and Access · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
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| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0.17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |