TY - JOUR
T1 - Suicide among college students in psychotherapy
T2 - Individual predictors and latent classes
AU - Hayes, Jeffrey A.
AU - Petrovich, Justin
AU - Janis, Rebecca A.
AU - Yang, Ying
AU - Castonguay, Louis G.
AU - Locke, Benjamin D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by a grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, SRG-1-063-13. The authors are grateful to Janet E. McCracken for her helpful comments on a previous version of this article. We are grateful to the Center for Collegiate Mental Health for gathering the data that were analyzed in this research. The specific data that were analyzed have not been examined prior to this study, and the findings from this article have not been disseminated previously in any format.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Psychological Association.
PY - 2020/1
Y1 - 2020/1
N2 - This study sought to identify predictors of suicidal behavior among college students who are psychotherapy clients, as well as to determine underlying classes of clients with suicidal ideation. Data were gathered from 101,570 clients, 391 of whom engaged in suicide behavior during treatment. Regression analyses revealed that suicide behavior was positively associated with 3 pretreatment variables: depression, prior suicide behavior, and prior nonsuicidal self-injury. Four latent classes of clients with suicidal ideation were identified that were named "prior ideation," "extensive risk," "prior treatment," and "circumscribed depression." The number of clients in each class varied widely, as did the relative risk of suicide behavior. Implications for treatment, suicide assessment, and suicide prevention are discussed.
AB - This study sought to identify predictors of suicidal behavior among college students who are psychotherapy clients, as well as to determine underlying classes of clients with suicidal ideation. Data were gathered from 101,570 clients, 391 of whom engaged in suicide behavior during treatment. Regression analyses revealed that suicide behavior was positively associated with 3 pretreatment variables: depression, prior suicide behavior, and prior nonsuicidal self-injury. Four latent classes of clients with suicidal ideation were identified that were named "prior ideation," "extensive risk," "prior treatment," and "circumscribed depression." The number of clients in each class varied widely, as did the relative risk of suicide behavior. Implications for treatment, suicide assessment, and suicide prevention are discussed.
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U2 - 10.1037/cou0000384
DO - 10.1037/cou0000384
M3 - Article
C2 - 31556625
AN - SCOPUS:85077347803
SN - 0022-0167
VL - 67
SP - 104
EP - 114
JO - Journal of Counseling Psychology
JF - Journal of Counseling Psychology
IS - 1
ER -
