The aim of the study was to evaluate the incidence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation, and to test the mediating role of hopelessness between depressive symptoms and the wish to kill oneself.
Centre D'études et de Recherches en Psychopathologie, Université de Toulouse Le Mirail, pavillon de la recherche, 5, allées Antonio-Machado, 31058 Toulouse cedex 9, France. chabrol@univ-tlse2.fr