Mental Pain Among Female Suicide Attempt Survivors in Israel: An Exploratory Qualitative Study

Mental Pain, Psychological Distress, and Suicidal Ideation During the COVID-19 Emergency: the Moderating Role of Tolerance for Mental Pain

“…1 The buffering effect of tolerance for mental pain on the link between mental pain and psychological distress and suicidal ideation. SD standard deviation findings highlighting the role of mental pain intensity as a well-established predictor of suicidal risk (Levinger et al, 2015;Segal-Engelchin et al, 2015;Shelef et al, 2015) and its relation to various psychiatric disorders, such as depression and anxiety (e.g., Orbach et al, 2004). Moreover, our results expand previous research, by revealing a positive association between mental pain intensity and COVID-19-related psychological distress, further supporting the conceptualization of mental pain intensity as a transdiagnostic construct related to a wide array of psychiatric conditions (Orbach et al, 2003;Tossani, 2013).…”

“…Moreover, the level of tolerance for mental pain has been shown to differentiate suicidal attempters from non-suicidal psychiatric inpatients (e.g., Levinger et al, 2015 ; Segal-Engelchin et. al, 2015 ; Shelef et al, 2015 ). Thus, whereas the intensity of mental pain seems to be associated with heightened psychological distress and suicidality, findings suggest that mental pain tolerance seems to function as a resilience-fostering, protective factor.…”

“…As such, tolerance for mental pain has been associated with higher emotion regulation skills (e.g., Becker et al, 2019) and with lowered depressive symptomatology and suicidal ideation (e.g., Landi et al, 2020a, b;Meerwijk & Weiss, 2018). Moreover, the level of tolerance for mental pain has been shown to differentiate suicidal attempters from non-suicidal psychiatric inpatients (e.g., Levinger et al, 2015;Segal-Engelchin et. al, 2015;Shelef et al, 2015).…”

Mental Pain Surrounding Suicidal Behaviour: A Review of What Has Been Described and Clinical Recommendations for Help

“…Human behaviour can have similar consequences for different reasons. But it is not possible to understand the reasons that led someone to act based solely on the consequences of their actions (65)(66)(67)(68)(69)(70)(71)(72)(73).…”

«Jeg ville dø, men er jo glad jeg lever»

“…Tap av håp om at situasjonen kan bli bedre øker lidelsestrykket, som eskalerer når toleransenivået for psykisk smerte overskrides. Selvmordsforsøket blir et forsøk på å unngå smerten (Segal-Engelchin, Kfir-Levin, Neustaedter & Mirsky, 2015). Selvmordsforsøket kan etterlate minnespor som øker risiko for nye selvmordsforsøk (Ventrice, Valach, Reisch, & Michael, 2010).…”