Long Term Risks After Attempted Suicide: Identifying Risk Factors Should Help to Reduce Subsequent Suicide

This article begins by reviewing various articles on reducing suicide rates. The article also identifies factors associated with suicide as found by a Danish study in 1980. The article proceeds to identify other factors associated with suicide such as social class, unemployment and a previous history, provided by other various studies. The author concludes that a clinical audit may help to identify a new range of risk factors by focusing on day-to-day issues such as problems with behavior and relationships, which relate more immediately to short term risk. (6 refs.) (AK)