Lifetime mental disorders and suicidal behaviour in South Africa

Lincoln Khasakhala; Katherine Sorsdahl; Valerie S. Harder; DR Williams; Dan Joseph Stein; DavidM Ndetei

doi:10.4314/ajpsy.v14i2.5

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Consistent with data from the developed world, mental disorders are strong predictors of suicidal behaviour, and these associations are more often explained by the prediction of ideation, rather than the prediction of attempts amongst ideators. This suggests some universality of the relevant mechanisms underlying the genesis of suicidal thoughts, and the progression to suicide attempts.

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