Recognizing Suicide Lethality Factors: Who is Competent?

Railway suicide: who is responsible?

In the prevention of suicide one pertinent question is: Who is responsible for taking initiatives? Who is responsible for applying measures to reduce the number of suicides? Who pays for the application of procedures to decrease the number of suicides in a country? These questions arose when recently a report on railway suicides in The Netherlands was released by the Dutch railway company (Van ...

Does ethnicity matter in risk and protective factors for suicide attempts and suicide lethality?

This study explored ethnic differences in risk and protective factors for suicide attempts, for the major ethnic groups in Singapore, and ethnic differences in prediction of lethality. Three years of medical records related to suicide attempters (N = 666) who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore were subjected to analysis. Of the sample, 69.2% were...

Suicide in preadolescents: who is at risk?

Suicidal behavior (ie, thoughts and attempts) in children is an issue of serious concern. In the past, suicide in young children has been largely denied and ignored. However, this is no longer possible, as accumulating evidence supports the existence of suicidal thoughts and actions in preadolescent children. This article explores suicidal behavior in preadolescent children and highlights areas...

Suicide intent and accurate expectations of lethality: predictors of medical lethality of suicide attempts.

The degree of intent to commit suicide and the severity of self-injury were examined in individuals (N = 180) who had recently attempted suicide. Although a minimal association was found between the degree of suicide intent and the degree of lethality of the attempt, the accuracy of expectations about the likelihood of dying was found to moderate the relationship between suicide intent and leth...

Severe suicide attempts in young adults: suicide intent is correlated with medical lethality.