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Open Access 01-12-2019 | Suicide | Research article

Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators

Authors: Thomas Forkmann, Eftychia Volz-Sidiropoulou, Trientje Helbing, Barbara Drüke, Verena Mainz, Dajana Rath, Siegfried Gauggel, Tobias Teismann

Published in: BMC Psychiatry | Issue 1/2019

Abstract

Background

Interoceptive deficits have been found to be associated with suicidal ideation and behavior. However, an objective measure of interoceptive accuracy has not been investigated in participants with suicide ideation, by now. This study aimed at investigating interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in persons with and without suicide ideation (SI) while controlling for severity of depressive symptoms.

Method

Ninety-five participants (age: M = 34.8, SD = 11.6, n = 56 female [58.9%]; n = 51 patients with a Major Depressive Disorder and n = 44 healthy participants) were assessed for interoceptive accuracy and sensibility, depression and SI.

Results

Twenty-five participants (26%) reported SI. They showed interoceptive accuracy comparable to persons without SI (t = −.81, p = .422), but significantly lower interoceptive sensibility. After controlling for severity of depressive symptoms in a hierarchical linear regression analysis, most associations between interoceptive sensibility and SI disappeared.

Conclusion

Results suggest that suicide ideators do not lack the ability to perceive their own bodily signals but they feel less able to use them in a way that is advantageous for them. Differences between suicide ideators and non-ideators appear to be largely driven by depressive symptoms (depression bias).

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Title: Sense it and use it: interoceptive accuracy and sensibility in suicide ideators
Authors: Thomas Forkmann
Eftychia Volz-Sidiropoulou
Trientje Helbing
Barbara Drüke
Verena Mainz
Dajana Rath
Siegfried Gauggel
Tobias Teismann
Publication date: 01-12-2019
Publisher: BioMed Central
Keywords: Suicide
Suicide
Affective Disorder
Affective Disorder
Published in: BMC Psychiatry / Issue 1/2019
Electronic ISSN: 1471-244X
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-019-2322-1

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