Sex- and age-related increase in prevalence rates of death wishes and suicidal ideation in the community: Results from the KORA-F3 Augsburg Study with 3154 men and women, 35 to 84 years of age

Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation and Related Risk Factors in the German General Population

“…The study revealed high point prevalence for suicidal ideation that was considerably higher than the prevalence reported in recent studies (Ladwig et al, 2010;Taylor et al, 2007) and 45.0 a did not differ significantly between men and women in general. However, differential effects could be found for single age groups.…”

“…Suicidal ideation has been assessed using rating scales filled in by the patient (self-report) or the clinician. In epidemiological studies, self-report instruments are most commonly used (e.g., Bebbington et al, 2010;Esposito and Clum, 1999;Ladwig et al, 2010;Renberg, 2001).…”

“…Recently, Ladwig et al (2010) examined a community based sample of 3079 participants and found suicidal ideation in 5.3% of the population aged 35 to 84 years. However, data on the prevalence of suicidal ideation in the general German population are missing so far.…”

Effects of mindfulness-based cognitive therapy on self-reported suicidal ideation: results from a randomised controlled trial in patients with residual depressive symptoms

“…Suicidal ideation was measured with a single item. Despite this being common practice in this area of research [1,2,59] the use of psychometric scales for suicidal ideation would be desirable and may improve the reliability of assessments in future investigations. Strengths include the large sample size and sufficient power for the analysis of group by time interaction effects.…”

“…Several population-based studies revealed point prevalences of suicidal ideation in the general population ranging from 5% up to 10% [1][2][3][4]. In clinical samples, the prevalence of suicidal ideation is much higher.…”