Review of Empirical Risk Factors for Evaluation of the Suicidal Patient (IN: Suicide: Guidelines for Assessment, Management, and Treatment, edited by B Bongar)

This chapter is devoted to a consideration of strategies for assessing risk for completed suicide, in contrast to risk for nonfatal suicide attempts, & to application of empirical knowledge about suicide to estimate the severity of suicide risk. Included is basic epidemological patterns, detecting suicidal thoughts & gauging their intensity, significance of past suicidal history, plus many more topics. (100+ ref.)