| Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior | |
| Cover: | Logo Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior.jpg |
| Editor: | Thomas Joiner |
| Discipline: | Psychiatry |
| Abbreviation: | Suicide Life-Threat. Behav. |
| Nlm: | Suicide Life Threat Behav |
| Publisher: | Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American Association of Suicidology |
| Frequency: | Bimonthly |
| History: | 1971-present |
| Impact: | 1.333 |
| Impact-Year: | 2011 |
| Website: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1943-278X |
| Link1: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1943-278X/currentissue |
| Link1-Name: | Online access |
| Link2: | http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1943-278X/issues |
| Link2-Name: | Online archive |
| Oclc: | 645274714 |
| Eissn: | 1943-278X |
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)".[1]