Citation

Malhi GS, Bell E, Mannie Z, Das P. Aust. N. Zeal. J. Psychiatry 2020; 54(1): 7-9.

Affiliation

CADE Clinic, Royal North Shore Hospital, Northern Sydney Local Health District, St Leonards, NSW, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0004867419897807

PMID

31852236

Abstract

In this brief article we posit a rationale as to why a past clinical history of attempted suicide is a strong risk factor for suicide. We hypothesise that the process of making a suicide attempt, with the clear intention of dying, fundamentally alters the brain and that this increases the likelihood of considering suicide in the future.

Language: en