Of patients who have committed suicide how many of those where considered "low risk"?

50%

What are the main risk factors for suicide?

• male sex
• history of deliberate self-harm
• alcohol or drug misuse
• history of mental illness (depression, schizophrenia)
• history of chronic disease
• advancing age
• unemployment or social isolation/living alone
• being unmarried, divorced or widowed

In patients who have attempted suicide what are the risk factors for successful reattempt at a later date?

• efforts to avoid discovery
• planning
• leaving a written note
• final acts such as sorting out finances
• violent method

What are the protective factors that reduce risk of suicide?

• family support
• having children at home
• religious belief