Citation

Steer RA, Beck AT, Garrison B, Lester D. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1988; 18(2): 119-128.

Affiliation

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Camden 08103.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

3420640

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.