Functional Imaging of the Implicit Association of the Self With Life and Death.
Suicide Life Threat Behav
; 49(6): 1600-1608, 2019 12.
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| ID: mdl-30761601
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
A critical need exists to identify objective markers of suicide ideation. One potential suicide risk marker is the Suicide Implicit Association Task (S-IAT), a behavioral task that uses differential reaction times to compare the implicit association between the self and death to the implicit association between the self and life. Individuals with a stronger association between the self and death on the S-IAT are more likely to attempt suicide in the future. To better understand the neural underpinnings of the implicit association between self and either life or death, a functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) version of the S-IAT was adapted and piloted in healthy volunteers.METHOD:
An fMRI version of the S-IAT was administered to 28 healthy volunteers (ages 18-65, 14F/14M).RESULTS:
Behavioral results were comparable to those seen in non-scanner versions of the task. The task was associated with patterns of neural activation in areas relevant to emotional processing, specifically the insula and right ventrolateral prefrontal cortex.CONCLUSIONS:
Performance on the S-IAT fMRI task may reflect scores obtained outside of the scanner. In future evaluations, this task could help assess whether individuals at increased risk of suicide display a different pattern of neural activation in response to self/death and self/life stimuli.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Suicídio
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Imageamento por Ressonância Magnética
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Ideação Suicida
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Prevenção do Suicídio
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Suicide Life Threat Behav
Ano de publicação:
2019
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos