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Middle-aged men are the most likely to give advance warning, are the most likely to carry through with that plan, and have the highest completion rate, after do

• mhansen 17y ago
  citation? [edit]: Thanks!
  • niels_olson 17y ago
    yeah, I kind of knew this crowd would want that. I'm looking . . . Males more likely to complete http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=04ECB949-C3D9-5FFA-DA9C65C381BAAEC0 http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&p... Males much more likely to complete, and docs most likely: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/352/24/2473 http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/352/24/2473 males more likely (also, unemployed, ill, and single more likely) http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/177/6/484 http://bjp.rcpsych.org/cgi/content/full/177/6/484 middle-aged more likely http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=04EB7CD1-9EED-9712-89C9540AFCB44481 http://www.afsp.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&p... however, predicting suicide is still difficult: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/5/418 http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/abstract/48/5/418 Basically, middle-aged guy says he's going to commit suicide, that's one where you have to prove he won't. If he walked into the ER while I'm on, he's getting admitted.
• wgj 17y ago
  Also, suicide is more common in Japan, and viewed differently by Japanese society: "Suicide has never been criminalized in Japan. Japanese society's attitude toward suicide has been termed "tolerant", and on many occasions a suicide is seen as a morally responsible action." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_in_Japan