@article{ref1,
title="Describing and measuring the pathway to suicide attempts: a preliminary study",
journal="Suicide and life-threatening behavior",
year="2016",
author="Millner, Alexander J. and Lee, Michael D. and Nock, Matthew K.",
volume="47",
number="3",
pages="353-369",
abstract="To die by suicide, one must think about suicide, make a plan, and then carry it out. Prior research has examined the presence and predictors of these outcomes; however, virtually no studies have characterized how these steps unfold along the pathway to suicide. A novel instrument was administered to 30 recent suicide attempters. <br><br>RESULTS revealed that although the median onset for suicidal ideation occurs 1 to 5 years prior to attempting, the median for 6 of the 10 steps measured was within 6 hours of attempting. Overall, 86.5% of proximal planning steps took place within 1 week of attempting and 66.6% occurred within 12 hours.<br><br>© 2016 The American Association of Suicidology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0363-0234",
doi="10.1111/sltb.12284",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12284"
}