Hopelessness, Depression, and Suicide Intent

Wetzel, Richard

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.1976.01770090059005

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“…The sense of hopelessness is closely associated with certain cognitive aspects including negative expectancies about the future and suicidal idea (17,39). In this study, the depression in CAPD patients was well explained by psychological factors such as hopelessness and internal individual stress.…”

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Analysis of Depression in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

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It is well known that depression and sense of hopelessness worsen the quality of life in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients receiving dialysis. However, the characteristics of depression in continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) patients have not been analyzed in detail. We performed this study to investigate the severity of depression and the factors affecting depression in CAPD patients. With 96 CAPD patients, we evaluated each patient's depressive mood and hopelessness with CES-D (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression) scale and Beck Hopelessness Scale. We also evaluated the degree of stress of each patient with internal individual stress scale. Most CAPD patients experienced severe depression compared with the general population. Their depression was better explained by psychological factors, such as stress and sense of hopelessness, than by demographic or physical factors. On the basis of these findings, we suggest that the treatment of depression in CAPD patients might be possible by modulation of psychological factors.

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Analysis of Depression in Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Patients

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“…Previous research has found that hopelessness is a critical factor in increasing the risk of suicidal behavior (Salter & Platt, 1990;Wetzel, Margulies, Davis, & Karam, 1980). Hopelessness is closely associated with whether individuals feel they have any reasons for living (Linehan, Goodstein, Nielsen, & Chiles, 1983;Malone, Oquendo, Haas, Ellis, Li, & Mann, 2000;Mann et al, 1999) and predicts both repetition of suicide attempts (Mann et al, 1999;Petrie, Chamberlain, & Clarke, 1988;Scott, House, Yates, & Harrington, 1997;Sidley, Calam, Wells, Hughes, & Whitaker, 1999;Szanto, Reynolds, Conwell, Begley, & Houck, 1998) and completed suicides up to 10 years later (Beck & Steer, 1989;Beck, Brown, Berchick, Stewart, & Steer, 1990;Fawcett et al, 1990).…”

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Cognitive Reactivity, Suicidal Ideation and Future Fluency: Preliminary Investigation of a Differential Activation Theory of Hopelessness/Suicidality

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The authors investigated whether the re-emergence of hopeless/suicidal cognitions over time can be explained within a differential activation framework. Studies 1 (N = 146) and 2 (N = 136) showed that individuals who reported suicidal ideation when depressed in the past had higher scores on the hopelessness/suicidality subscale of a measure assessing cognitive reactivity to low mood, the LEIDS. Study 3 (N = 32) demonstrated that self-reports on this subscale predicted changes in generativity for positive future events, an experimental measure of processes underlying hopelessness/suicidality, following sad mood induction. The results provide preliminary evidence that history of suicidal ideation is related to a specific cognitive response pattern, which may be reactivated by mild fluctuations in mood.

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“…Several studies have found that hopelessness mediates the relationship between depression and suicidal intent within suicidal populations (see Salter & Platt, 1990, Wetzel, Margulies, Davis, & Karam, 1980. Furthermore, hopelessness has been found to predict repetition of parasuicide 6 months later (Petrie, Chamberlain, & Clarke, 1988) and completed suicides up to 10 years later (Beck, Brown, & Steer, 1989;Fawcett et al, 1990).…”

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