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Suicide Risk Factors

A Comparison of Suicide Attempters with Suicide Completers

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

K. Michel
K. Michel*
Affiliation:
Psychiatriedienst, Regionalspitai, CH-3800 Interlaken, Switzerland
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Abstract

Fifty cases of attempted suicide were compared with 50 cases of completed suicide on variables reported to measure suicide risk: the seriousness of the attempt, and the circumstances in which the act occurred discriminated best. Depressive symptoms were more frequent in the suicide group and in the serious attempters' group than in the nonserious attempters' group.

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Research Article
Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 150 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 78 - 82
Copyright
Copyright © 1987 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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