Exploration-Exploitation and Suicidal Behavior in Borderline Personality Disorder and Depression.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Clinical theory and behavioral studies suggest that people experiencing suicidal crisis are often unable to find constructive solutions or incorporate useful information into their decisions, resulting in premature convergence on suicide and neglect of better alternatives. However, prior studies of suicidal behavior have not formally examined how individuals resolve the tradeoffs between exploiting familiar options and exploring potentially superior alternatives.

Objective

To investigate exploration and exploitation in suicidal behavior from the formal perspective of reinforcement learning.

Design, setting, and participants

Two case-control behavioral studies of exploration-exploitation of a large 1-dimensional continuous space and a 21-day prospective ambu

SUBMITTER: Tsypes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11238070 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature