Risk Factors

Exposure to graphic or sensationalized accounts of suicide

Impulsive or aggressive tendencies

Family history of child maltreatment

Previous suicide attempts

Access to lethal methods

Stressful life events

• death

• divorce

• bullying

• harassment

• relationship issues

Isolation

Family history of suicide

History of alcohol or substance abuse

Barriers to access mental health treatment

History of mental disorders, particularly clinical depression

Unwillingness to seek help because of the stigma attached to mental health and substance abuse disorders or to suicidal thoughts