## Abstract The interpersonal‐psychological theory of suicidal behavior (Joiner, 2005) holds that an individual will die by suicide if he or she has both the desire for suicide and capability to act on that desire. According to the theory, suicidal desire results from the convergence of two interpe
Clinical applications of the interpersonal-psychological theory of attempted and completed suicide
✍ Scribed by Nadia E. Stellrecht; Kathryn H. Gordon; Kimberly Van Orden; Tracy K. Witte; LaRicka R. Wingate; Kelly C. Cukrowicz; Melanie Butler; Norman B. Schmidt; Kathleen Kara Fitzpatrick; Thomas E. Joiner Jr.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 107 KB
- Volume
- 62
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0021-9762
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
This article reviews the interpersonal‐psychological theory of attempted and completed suicide and describes its applications in suicide risk assessment, crisis intervention, and skills‐based psychotherapies. Three components are necessary, but not sufficient, for an individual to die by suicide: (1) the acquired capability to enact lethal self‐injury, (2) a sense that one is a burden on others, and (3) the sense that one does not belong to a valued social group. We suggest that therapeutic interventions should focus on ascertaining the presence of these components and work to amend the cognitive distortions, negative interpersonal response styles, and ineffective coping behaviors that serve to maintain suicidal urges. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Psychol: In Session 62: 211–222, 2006.
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