@article{ref1,
title="Risk of suicide after attempted suicide in the population of Slovenia from 1970 to 1996",
journal="European psychiatry",
year="2006",
author="Ziherl, Slavko and Zalar, Bojan",
volume="21",
number="6",
pages="396-400",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: All suicide attempts cannot predict suicide, therefore we examined those characteristics of suicide attempt which could most accurately predict completed suicide. SUBJECT AND METHODS: Subjects were all individuals registered as committed suicides (N=16,522) or attempted suicides (N=15,057) in the register of suicides of the Republic of Slovenia between 1970 and 1996. Log linear analysis of a frequency table was used to uncover relationship between categorical variables. RESULTS: The model we found fit between variables: mode, number of repetitions and type, then between number of repetitions, type and gender, and between mode, type and gender. DISCUSSION: The risk of suicide in those who previously attempted suicide is approximately 773 times higher than the risk of suicide without a previous suicide attempt. Those who attempt suicide by hanging (hanging being in Slovenia the most frequent mode of completed suicide) are at even greater risk to commit suicide. CONCLUSION: Our data suggests that clinicians should heighten their awareness that any suicide attempt can in some 20% predict suicide. Someone who has attempted suicide by hanging is at the highest risk of suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0924-9338",
doi="10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.006",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eurpsy.2005.04.006"
}