Citation

Rihmer Z, Kantor Z, Rihmer A, Seregi K. Neuropsychopharmacol. Hung. 2004; 6(4): 195-199.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, National Institute for Psychiatry and Neurology, Budapest, Hungary. rihmer.z@opni.hu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, Neuroline - Hungarian Association of Psychopharmacology)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15825675

Abstract

Since suicide is a very complex, multicausal human behaviour, its prevention should also be complex. The prediction of suicide is very difficult at the level of the general population, but it is much easier among patients with certain mental disorders, because most persons who kill themselves have diagnosable and treatable psychiatric disorders. This article reviews the most important biological and non-biological suicide prevention strategies.