From ideation to action: differentiating between those who think about suicide and those who attempt suicide in a national study of young adults

Suicide is a global health problem, and although suicide affects people across the lifespan, it is the second leading cause of death of 16-29 year olds worldwide (World  Health Organisation, 2014), as well as being the leading cause of death among people under 50 in the UK (Samaritans, 2017). Recent research has identified a wide range of social, psychological and biological factors that act to increase suicide risk (O'Connor and Nock, 2014), although these fac tors often do not distinguish between those who will think about suicide and those who will go on to act on suicidal thoughts (Klonsky and May, 2014).
Source: Journal of Affective Disorders - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Research paper Source Type: research