Karnataka PGET Psychiatry MCQ Answer 4
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Previous suicide attempts: Prior self injury behavior is the single most reliable predictor of future suicidal attempts. History of one prior attempt yields a suicide rate of 1500 per 100,000 live attempters, per year. A history of two or more self injury incidents in the past, yields a rate of 15,000 commits per 100,000 live multiple attempters per year. These statistics do not consider the lethality of any attempts; merely their occurrence (Litman & Farberow, 1974;Stengel, 1972)
Research has identified the following risk factors for suicide (DHHS 1999):
- Previous suicide attempt(s)
- History of mental disorders, particularly depression
- History of alcohol and substance abuse
- Family history of suicide
- Family history of child maltreatment
- Feelings of hopelessness
- Impulsive or aggressive tendencies
- Barriers to accessing mental health treatment
- Loss (relational, social, work, or financial)
- Physical illness
- Easy access to lethal methods
- Unwillingness to seek help because of the stigma attached to mental health and substance abuse disorders or suicidal thoughts
- Cultural and religious beliefs—for instance, the belief that suicide is a noble resolution of a personal dilemma
- Local epidemics of suicide
- Isolation, a feeling of being cut off from other people
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