Over the past decade, the interpersonal theory of suicide has contributed to substantial
advances in the scientific and clinical understanding of suicide and related conditions. The …

Suicide is a major public health concern accounting for 800 000 deaths globally each year.
Although there have been many advances in understanding suicide risk in recent decades …

It has long been stated that six people are left behind following every suicide. Despite a lack
of empirical evidence, this has been extensively cited for over 30 years. Using data from a …

This technical package represents a select group of strategies based on the best available
evidence to help communities and states sharpen their focus on prevention activities with …

The causes of suicidal behaviour are not fully understood; however, this behaviour clearly
results from the complex interaction of many factors. Although many risk factors have been …

Background Little is known about the relative incidence of fatal and non-fatal self-harm in
young people. We estimated the incidence of suicide, hospital-presenting non-fatal self …

Introduction Although suicidality is frequently the cause of stigma, it is conversely true that
stigma may be the cause of suicidality. The present paper focuses on the complex …

Background Suicide bereavement is a risk factor for adverse outcomes related to grief,
social functioning, mental health and suicidal behaviour. Consequently, suicide …

A public health approach to suicide prevention recognises the powerful influence of social
determinants. In this paper—the fifth in a Series on a public health approach to suicide …

Suicide is one of the major causes of death in young people, in whom suicide can occur in
clusters. In this Review, we have investigated definitions and epidemiology of such clusters …