# How serious is "serious"? Rethinking the "serious suicide attempt" label - URL: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev1304 - Language: en - Last updated: not specified - Page title: How serious is "serious"? Rethinking the "serious suicide attempt" label | WCP 2026 Summary > When used as a single global severity label, "serious suicide attempt" groups related but non-interchangeable dimensions into a single category; terminology sh… This page was translated automatically from Turkish. [Read the original](https://alisanburak.com/wcp-2026-posterler/ev1304) Bu sayfa, 26. Dünya Psikiyatri Kongresi'nde sunulan çalışmanın yapay zekâ desteğiyle hazırlanmış Türkçe özetidir. Çalışmanın sahibi sunan yazarlardır; atıf için orijinal kaynağa başvurun. EV1304 E-Posterİntihar ve KrizKavramsal analiz (görüş yazısı) # How serious is "serious"? Rethinking the "serious suicide attempt" label HOW SERIOUS IS “SERIOUS”? RETHINKING THE LABEL OF “SERIOUS SUICIDE ATTEMPT” Sunan: Spyridon Baltzis Ülke: Sweden Kurum: Lund University / Region Skåne When used as a single global severity label, "serious suicide attempt" groups related but non-interchangeable dimensions into a single category; terminology should be revised to reflect the multidimensional nature of suicidal behavior. The study aims to question the conceptual validity of the widely used term "serious suicide attempt." It takes the form of an opinion piece and conceptual analysis, drawing on definitions in the literature and contemporary theoretical models. The poster notes that although the term has been used in more than 60 studies, there is no agreed-upon operational definition (Levi-Belz and Beautrais, 2016). Definitions have variously relied on criteria such as medical severity, intensive care or hospitalization, method lethality, planning, being alone, and taking precautions against discovery. The authors argue that a single global severity label reduces related but non-interchangeable constructs—such as medical severity, suicidal intent, method lethality, clinical outcome or proximity to death, and contextual factors—to a single hierarchical category. Suicidal intent may be inferred from medical severity, yet medical severity may also reflect circumstances, miscalculation, or ambivalence; inconsistent definitions make comparisons and synthesis across studies difficult, while the distinction between "serious" and "non-serious" may imply a hierarchy of legitimacy. The poster recommends explicitly reporting five dimensions instead of using global severity labels: medical severity, suicidal intent, method lethality, rescue context, and temporal and volitional characteristics. It concludes by emphasizing that if suicidal behavior is multidimensional, the terminology used should also be multidimensional. [Orijinal postere git](https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/wcp26/attendee/eposter/file/794) Bu çalışmaya nasıl atıf yapılır? APA 7: Baltzis, S., et al. (2026, September 23-26). How serious is “serious”? rethinking the label of “serious suicide attempt” [E-poster]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026), Stockholm, Sweden. https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/wcp26/attendee/eposter/file/794 Vancouver: Baltzis S, et al. How serious is “serious”? rethinking the label of “serious suicide attempt” [e-poster]. 26th WPA World Congress of Psychiatry (WCP 2026); 2026 Sep 23-26; Stockholm, Sweden. Available from: https://cslide.ctimeetingtech.com/wcp26/attendee/eposter/file/794 Yazar adları ve başlık biçimi kongre sisteminden otomatik oluşturulmuştur; kullanmadan önce orijinal posterle karşılaştırın. ## Aynı konudan - [Kıyıda erken ölüm: evsizlik yaşayan kişilerde önlenebilir dış nedenler olarak intihar ve doz aşımı](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0089) - [İntihar davranışı ve kendine zarar verme davranışı olan ergenlerde duygu düzenleme güçlüğü ve uyumsuz kişilik özellikleri: bakım düzeyine göre farklılıklar](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0226) - [Ergenlik ölümcül olabilir mi? Menstrüel düzensizliklerin ve jinekolojik patolojinin intihar girişimi riskine etkisinin incelenmesi](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0244) - [Psikiyatrik bozukluk nedeniyle hastaneye yatırılan ergenlerden oluşan ardışık örneklemde intihar dışı kendine zarar verme davranışlarının sıklığı ve ilişkili etkenleri](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0249) - [Kendine zarar verme ve intihar davranışı olan ergenlerde belirsizlik altında karar verme süreci](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev0273) [Tüm WCP 2026 özetleri](https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler) --- Kaynak / Source: https://alisanburak.com/en/wcp-2026-posterler/ev1304 İletişim / Contact: Bağdat Caddesi, Veli Güneysu Apt. No:453 K:4 D:9, Suadiye / Kadıköy, İstanbul · +90 532 642 95 25 · info@alisanburak.com · https://alisanburak.com/bagdat-caddesi-psikoterapi-iletisim