Citation

Moscicki EK. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1995; 25(1): 22-35.

Affiliation

Prevention Research Branch, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, MD 20857, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7631373

Abstract

This paper presents the epidemiology of suicide and discusses the known risk factors for suicide within a framework designed to encourage a systematic approach to theory testing and prevention. Mental and addictive disorders are the most powerful of the multiple risk factors for suicide in all age groups. Since risk factors for suicide rarely occur in isolation, prevention efforts are more likely to succeed if multiple risk factors are targeted.