Alternatives to Suicide: Beyond Risk and Toward a Life Worth Living

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Alternatives to Suicide: Beyond Risk and Toward a
Life Worth Living
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Acknowledgment
Part 1
1 -  Suicide is about life
	Suicide is less about death and more about life
	Ideation to action is only one pathway
	Ideation to non-action is the most common pathway
	The ethics of balancing risk-centric with life-oriented approaches to suicide
	Beyond risk and toward a life worth living
	Conclusion
	References
2 - The implicit suicidal mind clings to life
	What underlies variations in d/s-IAT scores?
	Does the death/suicide IAT reveal a desire to die, or a diminished desire to live?
	Is the association between the d/s-IAT and suicide risk mediated by zest for life or acquired capability for suicide, or both?
	Method
		Participants
		Procedure and measures
		Overview of analyses
	Results
		Most participants exhibit an implicit self-association with life
		Is the association between the death/life IAT and suicide risk mediated by acquired capability for suicide and/or zest for  ...
		Which is the stronger mediator of suicide risk: acquired capability or zest for life?
	Discussion
	References
3 - Zest for life: an antidote to suicide?
	Development of the Zest for Life Scale
		Method
		Measures
		Results
	The mediating and moderating role of Zest for life in the prospective link from interpersonal risk factors and acquired cap ...
		Method
		Results
	Does zest for life moderate the relationships between the mental preparation facet of acquired capability and suicidal idea ...
	Discussion
	Zest for life as an antidote to suicide
	Appendix: the Zest for Life Scale (ZLS)
	References
Part 2
4  - The temporal dynamics of the wish to live and the wish to die among suicidal individuals
	The fluid vulnerability theory of suicide
		The wish to live as a component of the suicidal mode
		Fluctuations in the wish to live and the wish to die
	Homeostatic regulation of the wish to live and the wish to die
	Implications for suicide prevention
	Summary and future directions
	References
5 - Daily monitoring of the wish to live and the wish to die with suicidal inpatients
	The dynamic balance of the wish to live and the wish to die in a non-clinical sample
	The dynamic balance of the wish to live and the wish to die in emergency care patients
	Daily monitoring of the wish to live and the wish to die in an inpatient setting
		Method
			Participants
		Procedure and measures
		Results
	Comparing patients who remain stable in one of the four response profiles on variables of distress, suicidal ideation, and  ...
	How do patients shift between the four profiles over the three-day period?
		Discussion
	Toward a multidimensional and fluid conceptualization of suicidal desire
	Conclusions
	References
6 -  Alternatives to suicide: a nonlinear dynamic perspective
	Introduction
	Nonlinear dynamic systems
	Nonlinear dynamics of suicidal processes
	Implications of NDS on suicide risk assessment
	Ways out of and resilience to suicidal states
	Outlook
	References
7 - Connectedness and suicide
	Connectedness in major theories of suicide
	Empirical research on four forms of connectedness that are protective against suicide
		Sense of meaning and purpose in life
		Relationships
		Religion
		Employment
	Contemporary perspectives on connectedness and its measurement
	References
Part 3
8 - Collaborative movement from ``preventing suicide\'\' to recovering desire to live
	A lived experience perspective
	Theoretical context
	A lived experience critique
	Implications for practice
		Pursue a therapeutic alliance
		Seek to gain and convey understanding of the reality and validity of the individual\'s suffering and desire for relief
		Build a partnership toward the shared goals
		Develop a safety plan to allow time for this work to be accomplished
		Collaboratively implement evidence-based, suicide-specific therapeutic strategies
	Conclusion
	References
9 - The ``alternatives to suicide\'\' approach: a decade of lessons learned
	References
10 - Psychological resilience to suicidal experiences
	What is psychological resilience?
	Psychological resilience to suicidal experiences: a mixed methods approach
	A multi-componential mechanistic approach to understanding psychological resilience to suicidal experiences
		The unidimensional `two poles\' approach
		The two-dimensional, buffering, approach
		Recovery
		Psychological immunity
		Maintenance
	Evaluating the five resilience models
	Theoretical models of psychological resilience to suicidal experiences
	Evidence pertaining to the five dynamic suicide resilience models
	References
11 - Textual analysis of suicide notes: how a new approach could yield fresh insights?
	Researching suicide and its antecedents
	Research using suicide notes
	Importance of interpersonal relationships
	Classification of suicide deaths
	Limitations of suicide note research and directions for future research
	Conclusion
	References
Part 4
12 - Self-determination and strengths-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention: an emerging evidence-based ...
	Introduction
	Cultural continuity and self-determination: healing collective trauma
	Colonisation and trauma
	Self-continuity and cultural-continuity
	Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide
	Strengths-based Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention
	Key success factors for indigenous suicide prevention
		Universal/indigenous community wide
		Selective - at risk groups
		Indicated - at risk individual
	Conclusion
	References
13 - Refugees and suicide: when the quest for a better life becomes thwarted
	Introduction
		Prevalence of psychopathology
		Factors associated with psychological distress
		The asylum/refugee status determination process and psychological distress
			Summary
	Prevalence of suicidal behavior
		Suicidal ideation
			Permanently resettled populations
			Non-permanently resettled populations
				Refugee camps
				Immigration detention
				Other
		Suicidal behaviors (self-injury, suicide attempts, and deaths by suicide)
			Permanently resettled populations
			Non-permanently resettled populations
				Refugee camps
				Immigration detention
			Permanently and non-permanently resettled populations living in host communities
		Pre-migration stressors and suicide risk
		Limitations
			Summary
	Correlates of suicide risk among asylum-seekers and refugees
		Substance abuse and suicide risk
		Sexuality, gender identity and suicide risk
		Social factors and suicide risk
			Social isolation
			Religiosity
			Unemployment
		The refugee determination process and suicide risk
			Time since arrival
			Applying for asylum
				Summary
	Conclusions and future directions
	References
Part 5
14 - Epigenetics of suicidal behaviors
	Introduction
	Fundamentals of epigenetics
		DNA methylation
		Histone modifications
	Epigenetic studies of suicidal behaviors
		HPA axis
		Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) signaling
		Polyamine system
		Serotonin system
		Additional targeted studies
		Epigenome-wide association studies (EWAS)
	Conclusions and future perspectives
	References
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