Health Factors

• Mental health conditions

  • Depression

  • Substance use problems

  • Bipolar disorder

  • Schizophrenia

  • Personality traits of aggression, mood changes and poor relationships

  • Conduct disorder

  • Anxiety disorders

• Serious physical health conditions including pain

• Traumatic brain injury

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Environmental Factors

• Access to lethal means including firearms and drugs

• Prolonged stress, such as harassment, bullying, relationship problems or unemployment

• Stressful life events, like rejection, divorce, financial crisis, other life transitions or loss

• Exposure to another person’s suicide, or to graphic or sensationalized accounts of suicide

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Historical Factors

• Previous suicide attempts

• Family history of suicide

• Childhood abuse, neglect or trauma

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