{"title":"The Components and Characteristics of Safety Management Plans Used to Reduce the Risk of Self Harm: A PRISMA Scoping Review.","authors":"Maeve O'Connor, Aine Sutton, Eilis Hennessy","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2363226","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2363226","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The term \"safety management planning\" can be thought of as having evolved to constitute a number of different intervention types and components used across various clinical settings with various populations. This poses a challenge for effective communication between clinicians and likely variability in the clinical effectiveness of these interventions.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This PRISMA Scoping Review aims to review the literature to ascertain which intervention components and characteristics currently fall under this umbrella term as well as in which contexts the plans are delivered and who is involved in the process.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Published research studies in PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus, MEDLINE, Science Direct and Web of Science were reviewed. Grey literature was searched using the databases Base and OpenGrey as well as through the search engine Google.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>2853 abstracts were initially identified for screening and 74 pieces of literature informed the final review, with 54 derived from the published academic literature and 20 from the grey literature. Results indicated that the safety plans are used with a wide variety of populations and often include components related to identifying warning signs, internal coping strategies, accessing social professional support amongst other components.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Although most safety management plans described appeared to be based on specific interventions, there was a large amount of heterogeneity of components and characteristics observed. This was particularly the case with regards to safety management planning within the grey literature.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"347-360"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141445369","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Risk Factors Associated with Suicidal Ideation and Suicidal Behavior in Wildland Firefighters.","authors":"Logan M Smith","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2355222","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2355222","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Wildland firefighters are posited to have a higher suicide rate than general firefighters and the general population. However, the rates and risk factors of suicide among wildland firefighters is not fully understood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>For this preregistered study, 564 participants were recruited from Facebook to obtain a final sample of 246 participants with valid data who were current or former wildland firefighters in the United States. Participants completed online measures of suicidal ideation, history of suicidal behaviors, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, problematic alcohol use, and occupational exposure to suicide.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In this sample, 22% of wildland firefighters reported a history of at least one suicide attempt, and 36.7% reported current suicidal ideation. PTSD symptoms, but not problematic alcohol use or exposure to suicide, were positively associated with suicidal ideation and a history of suicide attempts. Additionally, PTSD symptoms explained significantly more variance in suicidal ideation than depression symptoms alone.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Wildland firefighters demonstrate rates of suicide attempts that exceed those of non-wildland firefighters and of the general population at large. In addition, PTSD symptoms may contribute to suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STB) in this population. This is the largest study of STB in wildland firefighters to date.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"377-391"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141417556","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy, Sharna Mathieu, Gregory Armstrong, Victoria Ross, Jillian Francis, Lennart Reifels, Kairi Kõlves
{"title":"Implementation of Complex Suicide Prevention Interventions: Insights into Barriers, Facilitators and Lessons Learned.","authors":"Sadhvi Krishnamoorthy, Sharna Mathieu, Gregory Armstrong, Victoria Ross, Jillian Francis, Lennart Reifels, Kairi Kõlves","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2368127","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2368127","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Effective suicide prevention interventions are infrequently translated into practice and policy. One way to bridge this gap is to understand the influence of theoretical determinants on intervention delivery, adoption, and sustainment and lessons learned. This study aimed to examine barriers, facilitators and lessons learned from implementing complex suicide prevention interventions across the world.</p><p><strong>Methods and materials: </strong>This study was a secondary analysis of a systematic review of complex suicide prevention interventions, following updated PRISMA guidelines. English published records and grey literature between 1990 and 2022 were searched on PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, ProQuest, SCOPUS and CENTRAL. Related reports were organized into clusters. Data was extracted from clusters of reports on interventions and were mapped using the updated Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The most frequently-reported barriers were reported within the intervention setting and were related to the perceived appropriateness of interventions within settings; shared norms, beliefs; and maintaining formal and informal networks and connections. The most frequently reported facilitators concerned individuals' motivation, capability/capacity, and felt need. Lessons learned focused on the importance of tailoring the intervention, responding to contextual needs and the importance of community engagement throughout the process.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This study emphasizes the importance of documenting and analyzing important influences on implementation. The complex interplay between the contextual determinants and implementation is discussed. These findings contribute to a better understanding of barriers and facilitators salient for implementation of complex suicide prevention interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"556-579"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141426126","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Trauma Exposure Moderates the Link Between Cognitive Flexibility and Suicide Risk in Pre-Adolescent Children.","authors":"Shou En Chen, Christina F Chick, Ruth O'Hara","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2372616","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2372616","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Trauma exposure (TE) and cognitive flexibility (CF) are risk factors for self-injurious thoughts and behaviors (SITBs). However, it is unknown whether these risk factors contribute to mechanisms associated with distinct categories of SITBs. The current study examined the potential moderating role of TE in the relationships between CF and multiple SITBs, including active suicidal ideation (SI), passive SI, non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI), and history of suicide attempt (SA), among pre-adolescent children.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 11,326 children from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development study were included in the present study. SITBs and TE were measured by the Kiddy Schedule for Affective Disorder and Schizophrenia (KSADS). CF was measured using the NIH Cognitive Toolbox.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Cumulative TE moderated the relationship of CF to active SI. Higher CF was associated with lower odds of current SI in children with a single lifetime TE, but not in children without trauma or with two or more TE. As a main effect, two or more TE predicted higher odds of active SI, passive SI, and lifetime SA, but not NSSI. Higher CF was associated with lower odds of passive SI, with effects not moderated by trauma exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The current results clarify previously inconsistent findings about the relationship of CF to SI by identifying cumulative TE as a moderator. CF served as a protective factor against SI, but only in children with a single lifetime trauma. Implications for screening and treatment targets of children at risk for distinct categories of SITBs are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"527-543"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787145","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Finn Dario Kolochowski, Nina Kreckeler, Thomas Forkmann, Tobias Teismann
{"title":"Reliability of Suicide Risk Estimates: A Vignette Study.","authors":"Finn Dario Kolochowski, Nina Kreckeler, Thomas Forkmann, Tobias Teismann","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2382709","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2382709","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Suicide risk assessments are obligatory when patients express a death wish in clinical practice. Yet, suicide risk estimates based on unguided risk assessments have been shown to be of low reliability. Since generalizability of previous studies is limited, the current study aimed to assess inter-rater and intra-rater reliability of risk estimates conducted by psychotherapists and psychology students using written case vignettes.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In total, <i>N</i> = 256 participants (psychology students, psychotherapists) were presented with 24 case vignettes describing patients at either low, moderate, severe or extreme risk of suicide. Participants were asked to assign a level of risk to each single vignette at a baseline assessment and again at a follow-up assessment two weeks later.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Risk estimates showed a low inter-rater reliability, both for students (AC<sub>1</sub> = .35) and for psychotherapists (AC<sub>1</sub> = .44). Intra-rater reliability was moderate for psychotherapists (AC<sub>1</sub> = .59) and rather low for psychology students (AC<sub>1</sub> = .47). In general, intra- and intra-rater reliability were highest for vignettes displaying \"low\" and \"extreme\" risk.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results highlight that the reliability of unguided suicide risk assessments is questionable. Standardized risk assessment protocols are therefore recommended. Nonetheless, even reliable risk estimation does not imply predictive validity of risk estimates for future suicidal behavior.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"544-555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141750939","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Siobhan T O'Dwyer, Anna Sansom, Becky Mars, Lisa Reakes, Charmaine Andrewartha, Julia Melluish, Anna Walker, Lucy Biddle, Tom Slater, Dan Burrows, Richard P Hastings, Paul Moran, Paul Stallard, Astrid Janssens
{"title":"Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors in Parents Caring for Children with Disabilities and Long-Term Illnesses.","authors":"Siobhan T O'Dwyer, Anna Sansom, Becky Mars, Lisa Reakes, Charmaine Andrewartha, Julia Melluish, Anna Walker, Lucy Biddle, Tom Slater, Dan Burrows, Richard P Hastings, Paul Moran, Paul Stallard, Astrid Janssens","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2363230","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2363230","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>There is a growing body of evidence on suicide risk in family carers, but minimal research on parents caring for children with disabilities and long-term illnesses. The aim of this study was to conduct the first dedicated research on suicide risk in parent carers and identify: (1) the number of parent carers experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors, and (2) the risk and protective factors for suicidality in this population.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A cross-sectional survey of parent carers in England (<i>n</i> = 750), co-produced with parent carers. Suicidal thoughts and behaviors were measured with questions from the Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey. Frequencies summarized the proportion of carers experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors. Logistic regressions identified risk and protective factors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>42% of parents had experienced suicidal thoughts and behaviors while caring for a disabled or chronically ill child. Only half had sought help for these experiences. Depression, entrapment, dysfunctional coping, and having a mental health diagnosis prior to caring, were significant risk factors.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Parent carers contemplate suicide at levels that exceed those of other family carers and the general public. There is an urgent need, in policy and practice, to recognize parent carers as a priority group for prevention and intervention.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"468-485"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Suicides, Other External Causes of Death, and Psychiatric Status in Suicide Attempters: A National Registry-Based Analysis in Israel, 2006-2020.","authors":"Gad Lubin, Ziona Haklai, Nehama Goldberger","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2372609","DOIUrl":"10.1080/13811118.2024.2372609","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess risk factors and rates of suicide and other external cause deaths, among suicide attempters compared to the total population, stratified by psychiatric hospitalization discharge and mental diagnosis.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A national registry-based analysis of suicide and external cause mortality was performed among suicide attempters between 2006 and 2020 in Israel in the National Hospital ED database. Data was stratified by psychiatric hospitalization status by linking to the national psychiatric case registry. Age adjusted mortality rates were calculated.A multivariate cox regression model assessed the relative risk of demographic factors and psychiatric diagnosis and hospitalization on outcomes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 57,579 first suicide attempters, of whom 16,874 had a psychiatric hospitalization, there were 853 suicides (1.5%) and 473 deaths from other external causes (0.8%), 485 suicides (2.9%) and 199 external cause deaths (1.2%) in the psychiatric group. Suicide risk was highest in the year after the attempt, but continued throughout the study, particularly in the psychiatric hospitalized group. Suicide rates within one year of first suicide attempt were 137 (95% CI 122-152) times higher than the total population, 190 (155-233) times in females and 128 (112-145) times in males, 178 (153-207), 243 (181-325) and 158 (132-190) times higher, respectively, in those with a psychiatric hospitalization.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We found a greatly increased risk for suicide and significant increase for other external causes of death amongst a cohort of suicide attempters, compared to the total population, particularly those with a history of psychiatric hospitalization.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"512-526"},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141603239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Julianne G Wilner, Emma Cho, Alessandro S De Nadai, Josephine S Au, Jillian M Russo, Courtney Kaplan, Maria Naclerio, Eileen Lee, Angela Salisbury, Daniel P Dickstein
{"title":"Interpersonal Sensitivity and Social Problem-Solving in Adolescents with Suicide Attempts or Non-suicidal Self-Injury.","authors":"Julianne G Wilner, Emma Cho, Alessandro S De Nadai, Josephine S Au, Jillian M Russo, Courtney Kaplan, Maria Naclerio, Eileen Lee, Angela Salisbury, Daniel P Dickstein","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2025.2476987","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2025.2476987","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Interpersonal dysfunction robustly predicts suicide attempts (SA) and non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) in adolescents. We sought to better elucidate how two interpersonal constructions (interpersonal sensitivity and social problem-solving strategies) may lead to NSSI <i>vs.</i> SA in adolescents.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We compared non-overlapping groups of adolescents engaged in either SA (<i>n</i> = 49, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 15.80, <i>SD</i> = 1.23, 63% female) or NSSI (<i>n</i> = 50, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 15.35, <i>SD</i> = 1.34, 82% female), and healthy controls (HC; <i>n</i> = 43, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 15.46, <i>SD</i> = 1.30, 61% female). We hypothesized: (1) greater interpersonal sensitivity and deficits in social problem-solving strategies would differentiate the three groups and indicate higher risk for being in the NSSI and SA groups, relative to the HC groups, and (2) amongst clinical groups, there would be greater deficits in social problem-solving in the SA group, and greater interpersonal sensitivity in the NSSI group.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>NSSI and SA groups demonstrated more interpersonal sensitivity and lower (i.e., worse) social problem-solving skills <i>vs.</i> HCs. Participants were more likely to be in both the SA and NSSI groups based on interpersonal sensitivity (OR<sub>SA</sub> = 2.61; OR<sub>NSSI</sub> = 2.75) and social problem-solving (OR<sub>SA</sub> = 19.11; OR<sub>NSSI</sub> = 10.89). Significant differences were observed between the NSSI and SA groups on interpersonal sensitivity [<i>t</i>(97) = 4.28, <i>p</i> < .001, <i>d</i> = 0.86; higher levels in the NSSI group], but not on social problem-solving [<i>t</i>(97) = 1.97, <i>p</i> = .052, <i>d</i> = 0.40].</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Both greater interpersonal sensitivity and challenges in social problem-solving predict NSSI and suicidal behavior in adolescents, and interpersonal sensitivity may be a particularly salient risk factor for NSSI. Implications for treatment and future research are discussed.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143656120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do Positive Gatekeeper Training Outcomes Predict Gatekeeper Intervention Behaviours?","authors":"Glenn Holmes, Amanda Clacy, Anita Hamilton, Kairi Kõlves","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2025.2469882","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2025.2469882","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Evidence for Gatekeeper Training (GKT) has shown that training outcomes are generally maintained at follow-up. Research on how improvements in GKT outcomes translate to intervention behavior is inconclusive, and some studies show that despite significant positive effects on GKT outcomes, there is no effect on GK behaviors.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>A non-experimental pre-post and follow-up survey design was used with a sample of 60 participants who voluntarily completed one of 12 half-day (4-hour) GKT sessions. Path Analysis was applied to pre- and post-intervention training outcomes, and a third model assessed the behavioral effect of the change in participant scores from pre- to post.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Suicide prevention knowledge retained by participants at 6-months after GKT was predictive of increased GK behavior in the 6-months following GKT. Knowledge at follow-up was the only significant predictor of behavior (<i>p</i> < .05), no other regression pathways were significant.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Gatekeeper preparedness, efficacy, and reluctance outcomes were not predictive of GK behavior. The findings of this study represent a lack of understanding regarding how the specific aims of GKT are translated into intervention behavior to identify, intervene, support, and refer potentially at-risk individuals.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143482166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jim Schmeckenbecher, Nestor D Kapusta, Christina Alma Emilian, Elmar Brähler, Victor Blüml, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Mareike Ernst
{"title":"Prevalence and Association of Suicidal Ideation and High Risk Drinking in Men and Women: Results from a Representative German Household Survey.","authors":"Jim Schmeckenbecher, Nestor D Kapusta, Christina Alma Emilian, Elmar Brähler, Victor Blüml, Jürgen Fuchshuber, Mareike Ernst","doi":"10.1080/13811118.2025.2464061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2025.2464061","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Alcohol abuse and suicide are significant public health problems. Specifically, more than three million people die each year from alcohol abuse and 700,000 from suicide. Research indicates that alcohol abuse is associated with suicidality, and that there are significant gender differences in both. By means of a large representative population sample, this study quantifies the associations between suicidal ideation and alcohol misuse in the German population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Based on a survey of 2,513 individuals from 2015, prevalence estimates and logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between suicidal ideation (i.e., past-year suicidal ideation according to the Suicidal Behavior Questionnaire Revised [SBQ-R] and alcohol consumption (i.e., past year high-risk drinking according to the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test [AUDIT-C]).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>High-risk drinking (24.78%) and suicidal ideation (5.09%) were highly prevalent in this representative German population sample. These estimates differed significantly between men and women: Men were more likely to report high-risk drinking (30.14%) compared to women (20.56%), while a greater proportion of women (5.95%) reported suicidal ideation when compared to men (4.00%). Moreover, the association of suicidal ideation and high-risk drinking was weaker in women (OR = 1.64 CI 95% [1.03-2.62]) than in men (OR = 5.62 CI 95% [2.72-11.60]).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The high prevalence of suicidal ideation and high-risk drinking in women and underscores the necessity for low-level interventions and public health initiatives aimed at prevention and intervention against the escalation of high-risk drinking and suicidal behavior. Prevention efforts should consider gender-specific patterns of risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":8325,"journal":{"name":"Archives of Suicide Research","volume":" ","pages":"1-13"},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2025-02-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143466717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}