Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Lifetime Suicide Attempts in the National Comorbidity Survey
Author(s) -
Ronald C. Kessler,
Guilherme Borges,
Ellen E. Walters
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.56.7.617
Subject(s) - suicidal ideation , comorbidity , psychology , demography , national comorbidity survey , population , cohort , suicide prevention , psychiatry , suicide attempt , poison control , gerontology , clinical psychology , medicine , environmental health , sociology
General population survey data are presented on the lifetime prevalence of suicide attempts as well as transition probabilities to onset of ideation, plans among ideators, and attempts among ideators either with or without a plan. Risk factors for these transitions are also studied.
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