2020
Assessment of Psychological Pain in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples: A Preliminary Investigation Using the Psychic Pain Scale
Lewis K, Good E, Tillman J, Hopwood C. Assessment of Psychological Pain in Clinical and Non-Clinical Samples: A Preliminary Investigation Using the Psychic Pain Scale. Archives Of Suicide Research 2020, 25: 552-569. PMID: 32089105, DOI: 10.1080/13811118.2020.1729914.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPain scalePsychological painAdult psychiatric patientsSeverity of psychopathologyRisk factorsPsychiatric patientsPainSuicide riskTrauma historyLoss of controlPsychometric propertiesNon-clinical samplePresent studyInitial factor analysisPatientsClinicalFactorsPathological personality traitsSuicidalitySeverity
2017
Suicidality in High-Risk Psychiatric Patients: The Contribution of Protective Factors
Tillman JG, Clemence AJ, Hopwood CJ, Lewis KC, Stevens JL. Suicidality in High-Risk Psychiatric Patients: The Contribution of Protective Factors. Psychiatry 2017, 80: 357-373. PMID: 29466104, DOI: 10.1080/00332747.2017.1296309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsProtective factorsIncremental predictive validityFear of suicideSignificant psychiatric impairmentSuicide attemptsSample of participantsPsychological processesLifetime suicide historyIncremental validityFear variablesSuch protective factorsSexual abuseResidential treatmentPredictive validityIncremental associationPhysical abuseResilience measuresLiving InventorySuicide historyDemographic questionnairePsychiatric impairmentSocial consequencesPsychiatric patientsImpulsivenessLifetime suicide attemptsThe persistent shadow of suicide ideation and attempts in a high-risk group of psychiatric patients: A focus for intervention
Tillman JG, Clemence AJ, Cree R, Lewis KC, Stevens JL, Reiss D. The persistent shadow of suicide ideation and attempts in a high-risk group of psychiatric patients: A focus for intervention. Comprehensive Psychiatry 2017, 77: 20-26. PMID: 28549313, DOI: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2017.05.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-risk groupSerious suicide attemptsSuicide attemptsSuicidal ideationLogistic regressionSuicide historyMultivariable logistic regressionAdditional risk factorsLevel of suicidalityRecent suicide attemptIll patientsOrdinal logistic regressionRisk factorsPast hospitalizationSuicidal patientsPrior historySelf-report questionnairesPsychic painPsychiatric patientsSuicidal severityPatientsPainPsychological statusOngoing riskSerious psychopathology
2015
Impairments in Object Relations and Chronicity of Suicidal Behavior in Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder.
Lewis KC, Meehan KB, Cain NM, Wong PS, Clemence AJ, Stevens J, Tillman JG. Impairments in Object Relations and Chronicity of Suicidal Behavior in Individuals With Borderline Personality Disorder. Journal Of Personality Disorders 2015, 30: 19-34. PMID: 25710732, DOI: 10.1521/pedi_2015_29_178.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBorderline personality disorderObject relationsSuicidal behaviorObject-relational functioningPersonality disorderActual suicidal behaviorSelf-destructive behaviorSocial cognitionInternalized representationsRelational functioningObject representationsAffective aspectsSuicidal individualsBPD subjectsCurrent study
2008
A view from Riggs: treatment resistance and patient authority-IX. Integrative psychodynamic treatment of psychotic disorders.
Tillman JG. A view from Riggs: treatment resistance and patient authority-IX. Integrative psychodynamic treatment of psychotic disorders. Psychodynamic Psychiatry 2008, 36: 739-61. PMID: 19113964, DOI: 10.1521/jaap.2008.36.4.739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAntipsychotic AgentsAuthoritarianismCombined Modality TherapyDefense MechanismsFamily TherapyGriefHumansIndividuationInterpersonal RelationsLife Change EventsMalePsychoanalytic TheoryPsychoanalytic TherapyPsychotic DisordersSchizophreniaSchizophrenic PsychologyTransference, PsychologyConceptsPsychotic spectrum disordersSpectrum disorderTreatment-refractory patientsPsychodynamic treatment approachesRefractory patientsExtended case vignetteTreatment challengesTreatment resistancePsychosocial engagementPsychotic disordersTreatment approachesSchizoaffective disorderPatientsPsychological approachMental disordersPsychodynamic treatmentDisordersFamily systemTreatmentCase vignettesIntegrative approachEtiologySymptomsClinicians
1999
Psychosis as the Sickness Unto Death: Treatment Impasse, Consultation, and Resolution
Tillman J. Psychosis as the Sickness Unto Death: Treatment Impasse, Consultation, and Resolution. The American Journal Of Psychoanalysis 1999, 59: 119-125. PMID: 10407637, DOI: 10.1023/a:1022095227914.Peer-Reviewed Original Research