Suicide-risk behaviour patterns identified - study

[cronus]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-34101608

Suicide-risk behaviour patterns identified - study

Research by the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) concluded that the behaviour patterns "precede many suicide attempts".
The study said effective prevention measures were "urgently needed".

The World Health Organisation estimates that there were more than 800,000 suicides worldwide in 2012.

The ECNP study evaluated 2,811 patients suffering from depression, of whom 628 had previously attempted suicide.
Researchers "looked especially at the characteristics and behaviours of those who had attempted suicide", and found that "certain patterns recur" before attempts.
They said the risk of an attempt was "at least 50% higher" if a depressed patient displayed:

"risky behaviour" such as reckless driving or promiscuous behaviour
"psychomotor agitation" such as pacing around rooms or wringing their hands
impulsivity - defined by the researchers as acting with "little or no forethought, reflection, or consideration of the consequences"

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[JimC]

"promiscuous behaviour", eh...

Shit, I must have been suicidal all through the 70s!

[mistermack]

Is the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology part of the European University of the Bleedin Obvious?