Eventual Suicide in Interrupted and Uninterrupted Attempters: A Challenge to the Cry‐for‐Help Hypothesis
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Vol. 18 (2), 119-128
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1943-278x.1988.tb00146.x
Abstract
A total of 499 patients hospitalized for suicide attempts (attempters) between 1970 and 1975 were followed until 1982; of this group, 28 (5.6%) eventually committed suicide. Six (14.6%) of the 41 patients who had been interrupted during their initial attempts eventually committed suicide, whereas only 22 (4.8%) of the 458 patients who had not been interrupted eventually committed suicide. The interrupted attempters were approximately three times more likely to commit suicide than the uninterrupted attempters.Keywords
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