Imperial College London
Portrait Picture

Dr Martina Di Simplicio

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Brain Sciences

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Psychiatry
 
 
 
//

Contact

 

+44 (0)20 7594 1071m.di-simplicio

 
 
//

Assistant

 

Ms Nicole Hickey +44 (0)20 3313 4161

 
//

Location

 

7N11ACommonwealth BuildingHammersmith Campus

//

Summary

 

Publications

Citation

BibTex format

@article{Schultebraucks:2020,
author = {Schultebraucks, K and Duesenberg, M and Di, Simplicio M and Holmes, EA and Roepke, S},
journal = {Journal of Personality Disorders},
pages = {546--564},
title = {Suicidal imagery in borderline personality disorder  and major depressive disorder},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/61902},
volume = {34},
year = {2020}
}
Download

RIS format (EndNote, RefMan)

TY  - JOUR
AB  - A better understanding of suicidal behavior is important to detect suicidality in at-risk populations such as patients with Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Major Depressive Disorder (MDD). Suicidal tendencies are clinically assessed by verbal thoughts rather than specifically asking about mental images. This study examines whether imagery and verbal thoughts about suicide occur and differ between patients with BPD with and without comorbid PTSD compared to patients with MDD (clinical controls). All patient groups experienced suicide-related images. Patients with BPD with comorbid PTSD reported significantly more vivid images than patients with MDD. Severity of suicidal ideation, number of previous suicide attempts and childhood traumata were significantly associated with suicidal imagery across all patient groups. We demonstrate for the first time that suicide-related mental imagery occurs in BPD and is associated with suicidal ideation. This highlight the importance of assessing mental imagery-related to suicide in clinical practice.
AU  - Schultebraucks,K
AU  - Duesenberg,M
AU  - Di,Simplicio M
AU  - Holmes,EA
AU  - Roepke,S
EP  - 564
PY  - 2020///
SN  - 0885-579X
SP  - 546
TI  - Suicidal imagery in borderline personality disorder  and major depressive disorder
T2  - Journal of Personality Disorders
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/61902
VL  - 34
ER  -
Download