Suicide behavior disorder – clinical highlights
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Suicide is one of the most pressing public health concerns facing modern society, with more than 703,000 people dying by suicide each year globally. The Fifth Edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has coined the suicidal behavior disorder (SBD) in its third section, as a “condition for further study”, as an acknowledgment of the importance of suicide as complication of several psychiatric disorders and even in the absence of a psychiatric disorder. The current focus in suicidology entails suicide-related terms, epidemiology of suicide, suicide risk assessment, and the diagnosis and management of suicidal behaviors. Among the measures required to decrease the burden of suicide as one of the most important causes of death is training of mental health professionals in suicide risk assessment for the standard everyday practice of patient assessment. Last but not least, we need to include suicidal behavior disorder in medical settings for its use as a common medical term, not only amongst suicidology researchers, but also for mental health clinicians and all members of the medical team.
Source: Psihiatru ro
Authors: Doina Cozman, Dana-Cristina Herța
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410242426