Statistical Risk Factors for Suicide
Written by:
Petros Skapinakis, MD, MPH, PhD, lecturer of Psychiatry in the University of Ioannina Medical School, Greece.
Eva Gerasi, postgraduate student in the Department of Psychiatry, University Hospital of Ioannina, Greece.
First version: 22 Jul 2008.
Latest revision:
30 Jul 2008.
Abstract:
Are there risk factors for suiciders?
Question:
Are there risk factors for suicides?
Answer:
It has been gathered that statistically high risk indicators for suicide are:
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Male gender.
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Older age.
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Single status, particularly if recent - that is, through divorce or bereavement.
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Current physical ill health, particularly if painful, debilitating or life-threatening.
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Previous acts of deliberate self-harm.
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Alcohol use to excess.
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