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Cognitive processes significantly influence suicidal thoughts and behaviors, independent of psychiatric conditions or stressors. Understanding cognitive distortions and neurocognitive deficits is crucial for exploring the suicidal process.

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Background:

  • Historically, focus on cognitive processes in suicidal behaviors centered on immediate stressors and psychiatric conditions.
  • Emerging evidence highlights the independent impact of cognitive processes on suicidal thoughts and behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To summarize theoretical perspectives on the link between cognition and suicide.
  • To explore current research and clinical findings on cognition's role in the suicidal process.

Main Methods:

  • Review of theoretical perspectives and recent research findings.
  • Analysis of cognitive factors by psychiatric disorder, cognitive domain, and suicidal construct.

Main Results:

  • Key cognitive processes linked to suicidal behaviors include negativistic thinking, impulsivity, cognitive rigidity, and altered emotional processing.
  • Neurocognitive deficits such as decreased processing speed, executive dysfunction, and negative biases in memory and attention are also associated with suicidal thoughts and behaviors.
  • Findings vary across populations, indicating a complex interplay of cognitive distortions and neurocognitive deficits.

Conclusions:

  • Cognitive processes play a significant role in the suicidal process, both within and across psychiatric disorders.
  • Cognitive distortions (e.g., hopelessness) and neurocognitive deficits (e.g., executive dysfunction) warrant further investigation in relation to suicide.