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by internet_user 1397 days ago
90% of suicide survivors do not attempt again.

Why is that?

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Research shows that those who attempt suicide once statistically speaking have distinct risk factors and characteristics which are notably different than those who attempt again; among other notable differences, their last attempts statistically speaking are more likely to be lethal. Simply put, they’re not comparable.

Example of related research:

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2020.6051...