Mental Disorders And Suicidal Behaviors

Introduction
Suicide is among the leading causes of death worldwide. While there have been significant advances in suicide research as well as an increase in the treatment of suicidal people, the rate of these behaviors has not changed as a result. In the year 2000 approximately one million people died by suicide and it is now estimated that by 2020 suicide will become the tenth most common cause of death in the world (Bolton, et al., 2010). Suicidal behaviors commonly run on a continuum from developing an idea to kill oneself, making a plan for the act, acting out the plan, with or without suicide as the final outcome (Uwakwe & Gureje, 2011). Although the etiology of suicide is not well known, numerous studies have shown that mental disorders are among the strongest known predictors of suicide attempts and deaths. Most studies
When examined this way, practically all mental disorders can be linked with suicidal behavior. The effects of comorbidity need to be taken into consideration in a more rigorous manner to clarify the unique associations of mental disorders with suicidal behavior (Hwang, Kessler, Nock, Sampson, 2010). Knowledge of which disorders that are uniquely predictive of suicidal behaviors, and the manner in which comorbidity contributes to these outcomes, is needed to better understand the mechanisms through which mental disorders lead to suicidal behaviors (Hwang, Kessler, Nock, Sampson, 2010).

Study #1
Mental disorders, comorbidity and suicidal behavior.
Abstract:
Hwang, Kessler, Nock, and Sampson (2010) examined unique associations between individual