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    Suicide Prevention: From Regional Needs to European Solutions

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    Euregenas project final conference 25 November 2014, ARTS56, Avenue des Arts 56, Brussels Euregenas (European Regions Enforcing Actions Against Suicide) is a three years project, funded from the European Union under the Public Health Programme 2008-2013. The overall objective of the EUREGENAS project is to contribute to the prevention of suicidality (suicidal...
  2. Beliefs about illness and their relationship with hopelessness, depression, insight and suicide attempts in schizophrenia

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    Acosta, F. J.; Aguilar, E. J.; Cejas, M. R. Spain Psychiatr Danub 2013, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp 49-54 BACKGROUND: Although the negative appraisals of the illness may be related to suicidal thinking and behaviours in schizophrenia, this has been insufficiently studied. The aim of this study was to analyze...
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    Blasco-Fontecilla, H.; Jaussent, I.; Olie, E. Spain J Psychiatr Res 2013, 47(7): 937-943. BACKGROUND: Pre- and perinatal insults increase suicide risk. The main objective of the present study is to investigate if prematurity interacts in an additive fashion with postnatal risk factors of suicidal behavior. METHOD: Sample and procedure: 857...
  4. Predicting suicidal behavior: are we really that far along? Comment on “Discovery and validation of blood biomarkers for suicidality”

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    Blasco-Fontecilla, H.; Lopez-Castroman, J.; Giner, L. Spain Curr Psychiatry Rep 2013, Dec;15(12):424. A recent publication focused on biomarkers of future suicidal behaviors identifies several genes expressed in high-risk states among four samples. We discuss the implications of this study as well as the current state of research regarding biomarkers of...
  5. Prevalence and functions of self-injurious thoughts and behaviors in a sample of Spanish adolescents assessed in mental health outpatient departments

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    Prevalencia y funciones de los pensamientos y conductas autoagresivas en una muestra de adolescentes evaluados en consultas externas de salud mental Diaz de Neira, M.; Garcia-Nieto, R.; de Leon-Martinez, V Spain Rev Psiquiatr Salud Ment 2013, Nov 6. INTRODUCTION: Suicidal and self-injurious behaviors in adolescents are a major public health...
  6. Hostility and childhood sexual abuse as predictors of suicidal behaviour in Borderline Personality Disorder

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    Ferraz, L.; Portella, M. J.; Vallez, M. Spain Psychiatry Res 2013, 210(3): 980-985 Impulsivity is a multidimensional construct and has been previously associated with suicidal behaviour in borderline personality disorder (BPD). This study examined the associations between suicidal behaviour and impulsivity-related personality traits, as well as history of childhood sexual...
  7. Personality disorders and health problems distinguish suicide attempters from completers in a direct comparison

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    Giner, L.; Blasco-Fontecilla, H.; Mercedes Perez-Rodriguez, M. Spain J Affect Disord 2013, 151(2): 474-483. BACKGROUND: Whether suicide attempters and completers represent the same population evaluated at different points along a progression towards suicide death, overlapping populations, or completely different populations is a problem still unresolved. METHODS: 446 Adult suicide attempters...
  8. Early childhood sexual abuse increases suicidal intent

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    Lopez-Castroman, J.; Melhem, N.; Birmaher, B. Spain World Psychiatry 2013, 12(2): 149-154 Childhood sexual abuse has been consistently associated with suicidal behavior. We studied suicide attempt features in depressed individuals sexually abused as children. On average, sexual abuse started before age 9. It frequently coexisted with physical abuse. Suicide attempters...

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The Euregenas project brings together 11 regions with diverse experiences in suicide prevention with the aim to contribute to the prevention of suicidality in Europe through the development and implementation of strategies for suicide prevention at regional level that can be of use to the European Community as examples of good practice.
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