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Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior

American journal on suicidology

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionOct 16, 2024
Entity authorityQ15716384 ↗
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Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior is a peer-reviewed academic journal published six times per year by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association of Suicidology. The journal was established in 1971 by Edwin S. Shneidman. Its current editor-in-chief is Thomas Joiner (Florida State University). The journal covers scientific research on suicidal and other life-threatening behaviors, including risk factors for suicide, ethical issues in intervention research, and mental health needs of those bereaved by suicide.

According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2011 impact factor of 1.333, ranking it 45th out of 125 journals in the category "Psychology Multidisciplinary" and 60th out of 117 journals in the category "Psychiatry (Social Science)".

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Further reading

Cardinal, Charles (2008). "Three Decades of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior: A Bibliometric Study". Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 38 (3): 260–73. doi:10.1521/suli.2008.38.3.260.

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