These factors can increase the potential for a person’s suicide.
- Previous suicide attempts
- Major illness
- Barriers to accessing mental health treatment
- Significant others who have completed suicide
- Relationship breakup
- Job or Financial loss, personal security
- Untreated depression, hopelessness, helplessness
- Isolation
- Access to lethal means (i.e; guns, pills, etc)
- Family disruption
- Sexual, mental or physical abuse
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