Lethality of Suicidal Methods and Suicide Risk
Two Distinct Concepts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13629357 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josefina Jayme Card (IVS Suicide Prevention Research Project, Pittsburgh, Pa.) |
| Year | 1974 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 37-45 |
| Publication date | 1974-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2190/k59m-y0kn-pakv-jfuv |
| OpenAlex | W2064438876 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
Two objective measures of the lethality of 11 suicidal methods were defined: Mean Seriousness of suicidal incidents involving the method, and Probability of Death resulting from use of the method. The measures were found to be essentially interchangeable. Fourteen judges were asked to rank the same 11 methods according to the “probability of death resulting from use of the method in a suicide attempt.” The judges' subjective estimates of lethality corresponded well with objective measures. The relationship between lethality and risk, or the probability of suicide at some future date, was examined. The two variables were clearly distinct. Rank correlation between lethality of, and risk associated with, the 11 suicidal methods was not significant Moreover, when all incidents within a given lethality category were collapsed, and then risk associated with each lethality category evaluated, the most lethal attempts had a significantly lower risk of future suicide than the least lethal attempts
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,16 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2015 (39) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |