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The Relationship of Nonfatal Suicide Attempts to Completed Suicides (IN: Assessment and Prediction of Suicide, edited by R W Maris et al)
Maris R W
This chapter notes that on average, over their lifetimes, about 10% to 15% of individuals making nonfatal attempts eventually go on to kill themselves. It examines the complexity of the relationship between nonfatal suicide attempts & eventual suicide, the perceived causes & precursors of nonfatal attempts vs completions, & the factors that predict which attempters will eventuallu go on to complete suicide. (29 Refs.)