Special Supplement to Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Employing an innovative approach to studying suicide attempters who either used a highly lethal method or would have died without medical help, CDC researchers have identified several non-traditional health risk factors that have rarely been included in suicide research. These non-traditional health associated risk factors include: acute alcohol use, changing residences, existing medical conditions, and characteristics of impulsive suicide behavior. The findings are published in a special supplement to the spring edition of Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (SLTB). SLTB is the official Journal of the American Association of Suicidology.
PDF File One - Introduction and Articles
- Suicide Prevention Broadening the Field Toward a Public Health Approach
- Interviewing Suicide "Decedents": A Fourth Strategy for Risk Factor Assessment
- An Unmatched Case-Control Study of Nearly Lethal Suicide Attempts in Houston, Texas: Research Methods and Measurements
- Factors Associated with the Medical Severity of Suicide Attempts in Youths and Young Adults
- Alcohol Consumption and Nearly Lethal Suicide Attempts in Youths and Young Adults
- The Influence of Geographic Mobility on Nearly Lethal Suicide Attempts
PDF File Two
- More Articles
- Characteristics of Impulsive Suicide Attempts and Attempters
- Medical Conditions and Nearly Lethal Suicide Attempts
- Help-Seeking Behavior Prior to Nearly Lethal Suicide Attempts
PDF File Three
- Critique
Studying Survivors of Nearly Lethal Suicide Attempts: An Important
Strategy in Suicide Research
PDF File Four
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Postscript
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Content Source: National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention
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