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| second leading cause of death among college students |
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| most suicidal people are undecided about living or dying |
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| some depressive episode symptom risk factors |
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| desperation, hopelessness, anxiety/psychic anxiety, aggressive or impulsive personality, recent hospitalization for depression, psychotic symptoms, etc |
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| Sociodemographic risk factors |
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| male, over age 65, white, separated, single, widowed or divorced; living alone, being unemployed. health-related occupations higher especially high in women physicians |
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| environmental risk factors |
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| easy to access to lethal means; local clusters of suicide that have a "contagious influence" |
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| medicated depressed patients are adequately treated with antidepressants |
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| use in elderly: benefit outweighs risk |
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