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Risk Factors
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Exposure to graphic or sensationalized accounts of suicide
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Impulsive or aggressive tendencies
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Family history of child maltreatment
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Previous suicide attempts
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Access to lethal methods
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Stressful life events
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death
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divorce
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bullying
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harassment
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relationship issues
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Isolation
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Family history of suicide
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History of alcohol or substance abuse
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Barriers to access mental health treatment
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History of mental disorders, particularly clinical depression
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Unwillingness to seek help because of the stigma attached to mental health and substance abuse disorders or to suicidal thoughts
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