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Clinical and Social Predictors of Repeated Attempted Suicide: A Multivariate Analysis (IN: Psychological Assessment of Suicide, ed. by C Neuringer)
Bagley C~~Greer S
An 18-month follow-up study was conducted of 204 patients admitted to a hospital for a suicide attempt. Results of multiple regression analysis indicate that 5 variables successfully predicted 80% of repeaters & that the correlation between psychiatric treatment & outcome was significant.