Volume 5 | Number 1 | 2014 ISSN 2078-5488 Sucidology Online open access journal Editor-in-chief: Marco Sarchiapone Co-Editor Zoltán Rihmer www.suicidology-online.com Suicidology Online 2014; 5 ISSN 2078-5488 Table of Contents Editorial Suicidology Online: Continuity and Innovation Marco Sarchiapone & Zoltán Rihmer pg. I Review Article Uncovering and Identifying the Missing Voices in Suicide Bereavement Myfanwy Maple, Julie Cerel, John R. Jordan, & Kathy McKay pg. 1 Original Articles Suicide risk, reasons, attitudes and cultural meanings among young German students: An exploratory study Christian Tarchi, Erminia Colucci pg. 13 Health Care Professional Attitudes Toward Interventions to Prevent Suicide Brian Draper, Karolina Krysinska, Diego De Leo, John Snowdon pg. 24 Extreme Traumatisation and Suicide Notes from Lithuania: A Thematic Analysis Antoon A. Leenaars, Danutė Gailienė, Susanne Wenckstern, Lindsey Leenaars, Jelena Trofimova, Ieva Petravičiūtė, B.C. Ben Park pg. 33 The need for and barriers to professional help – a qualitative study of the bereaved Kari Dyregrov, Gro Berntsen & Anne Silviken pg. 47 Essay Oppression and Suicide David Lester pg. 59 I Suicidology Online 2014; 5 ISSN 2078-5488 Editorial Suicidology Online: Continuity a nd Innovation Marco Sarchiapone 1,2,3, 1 Department of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy 2 National Institute for Health, Migration and Poverty (NIHMP), Rome, Italy 3 "G. d'Annunzio" University Foundation, Chieti -Pescara, Italy Zoltán Rihmer 4,5 4 Department of Clinical and Theoretical Mental Helath, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary 5National Institute of Psychiatry and Addictions, Budapest, Hungary In March 2013, we became the Editor and Chand, 2012; Kahn & Lester, 2013; Medina, Co-Editor of SOL. It took us a while to get acquainted Dahlblom, Dahlgren, Herrera, & Kullgren, 2011; Park, with the journal and its practices. This time was also Kim, & Lester, 2011; Yoshimasu et al., 2011) , as well needed to consider new growth opportunities and, as in minorities (Garrett, Waehler, & Rogers, 2012; therefore, to refine our editorial plans for the future. Kaiser & Salander Renberg, 2012; Montesinos, Heinz, Even if the bio-psycho-social model of Engel Schouler-Ocak, & Aichberger, 2013) . The goal for the (1977) is now well a ccepted, it is often difficult to future is to take into account multiple points o f view apply it to clinical practice, as well as to develop on suicide prevention, publishing research reports research hypotheses appropriate for taking into from all regions of the world and by enhancing the account all the different components and their Editorial Board with experts from areas, such as Asia, interactions. Africa and South America. Following this approach, the editorial SOL is an open access journal. It is widely philosophy of SOL looks at suicide and suicidal recognized that open a ccess increases the visibility, behavior as complex human phenomena, affected by readership and impact of published articles (Davis, a multitude of factors and interpretable from Lewenstein, Simon, Booth, & Connolly, 2 008; different points of view. In particular, SOL gives voice Eysenbach, 2006) . The EU supports open access as a to research on cultural and sociological aspects of tool for broadly and quickly disseminating results of suicide that are often overlooked. Our efforts will be publicly-funded research («Open Access to scientific aimed at preserving this multidisciplinary perspective information - Digital Agenda for Europe - European while also increasing the number of published papers Commission», s.d.) . However, to be an open access on genetics and the neurobiology o f suicide. Our journal is not enough. In order to increase SOL’s objective is to expand the dialogue and discussion impact it will be necessary to not only continue between different disciplines. publishing high quality papers, but also to boost its Our current understanding of suicidal visibility, establis hing links and collaborations with behavior is all too often based only on data coming other journals and various types of important from western countries. In recent years SOL organizations. published papers explori ng suicide in eastern and Another distinguishing feature of this journal southern countries (Eskin, 2012; Fong, Shah, & will continue to be its effort to integrate quantitative Maniam, 2012; Henson, Taylor, Cohen, Waqabaca, & and qualitative research in suicidology, by providing a II Suicidology Online 2014; 5 ISSN 2078-5488 forum for debate, in an open manner, regarding We will endeavor to deserve the trust of our methodological issues relevant to this integration readers and we kindly invite researchers in any (Fitzpatrick, 2011; Hjelmeland & Knizek, 2011; Lester, domain of suicidology to submit papers to SOL. 2010; Rogers & Apel, 2010). Following the modern concept of scientific, we often only look at References quantifiable aspects, potentially losing the specificity and subjectivity of the human beings behind the Davis, P. M., Lewenstein, B. V., Simon, D. H., Booth, J. numbers. We believe that the use of mixed methods G., & Connolly, M. J. L. (2008). Open access is essential for both, understanding the suicidal publishing, article downloads, and citations: process and evaluating the effectiveness of suicide randomised controlled trial. BMJ, 337(jul31 1), preventive actions. a568–a568. doi:10.1136/bmj.a568 Finally, in order to encourage research in Engel, G. L. (1977). The need for a new medical suicidology, we believe it is essential to shift the focus model: a challenge for biomedicine. Science of SOL from the near exclusive investigation of risk (New York, N.Y.), 196(4286), 129–136. factors and attempt to increase our understanding of Eskin, M. (2012). The role of childhood sexual abuse, potential protective factors against suicide and childhood gender nonconformity, self-esteem suicidal behavior. This “positive” approach to the and parental attachment in predicting suicide problem should help to generate the development of ideation and attempts in Turkish young adults. more effective, universal, selective and indicated Suicidology Online, 3, 114–123. preventive interventions. Eysenbach, G. (2006). Citation Advantage of Open Moreover, we also want to focus on specific Access Articles. PLoS Biology, 4(5), e157. topics by regularly publishing essays and reviews. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040157 Offering such reflections on the state of the art Fitzpatrick, S. (2011). Looking beyond the qualitative should be useful in encouraging our readers to and quantitative divide: narrative, ethics and consider previously unexplored areas, as well as to representation in suicidology. Suicidology promote new insights on old issues. Online, 2, 29–37. Thus, this first issue of 2014 has been Fong, C. L., Shah, S. A., & Maniam, T. (2012). developed within this context of continuity and Predictors of suicidal ideation among depressed innovation. Indeed, this issue includes both inpatients in a Malaysian sample. Suicidology quantitative and qualitative research papers, as well online [electronic resource], 3, 33–41. as an essay on the role of oppression in suicide Garrett, K. M., Waehler, C. A., & Rogers, J. A. (2012). A (pg.59) and a review exploring suicide bereavement protocol analysis of the reasons for living scale (pg.1). items with a sample of gay, lesbian, and bisexual Starting with this issue, we will also adults. Suicidology Online, 1, 72–82. periodically send a copy of the journal to researchers Henson, C., Taylor, A., Cohen, J., Waqabaca, A. Q., & involved in the field of suicidology. We think this will Chand, S. (2012). Original Research: Attempted increase the number of SOL readers and, hopefully, suicide in Fiji. Suicidology Online, 3. citations, because people will no longer need to Hjelmeland, H., & Knizek, B. L. (2011). Methodology in search for the journal, now the journal will come to suicidological research - contribution to the people who can use it. debate - SOL-2011-2-8-10.pdf. Suicidology We want to extend our deepest gratitude to Online, 2, 8–10. Prof. Nestor Kapusta, Founder and former Editor-in- Kahn, D. L., & Lester, D. (2013). Efforts to Chief of SOL and to Prof. Heidi Hjelmeland, Co-Editor. Decriminalize Suicide in Ghana, India and They successfully brought together different Singapore. Suicidology Online, 4, 96–104. perspectives in suicidology and created an important, Kaiser, N., & Salander Renberg, E. (2012). Suicidal ongoing dialogue. Thanks to their brilliant work SOL expressions among the Swedish reindeer- became a point of reference in suicide research. We herding Sami population. Suicidology Online, (3), hope to be able to continue their work with the same 102–113. commitment. Lester, D. (2010). Qualitative research in suicidology: Thanks are also due to members of the Thoughts on Hjelmeland and Knizek’s «Why we Editorial Board who supported and advised us in this need qualitative research in suicidology». transition. Suicidology Online, 1, 76–78. Last, but not least, we wish to thank the Medina, C. M. O., Dahlblom, K., Dahlgren, L., Herrera, many outstanding authors and reviewers, who, A., & Kullgren, G. (2011). I keep my problems to because of their invaluable contributions, made the myself: pathways to suicide attempts in publication of this issue possible. Nicaraguan young men. Suicidology online [electronic resource], 2, 17–28. III Suicidology Online 2014; 5 ISSN 2078-5488 Montesinos, A. H., Heinz, A., Schouler-Ocak, M., & students.