Exposure to suicide as a major risk factor for suicidal behaviour in adolescents: Establishing real-time social interactive pathways KU Leuven
Globally, more than 800,000 people die by suicide every year and approximately 115 individuals are exposed to each suicide. Yet we are still unable to adequately predict which of the people who think about suicide will go on to make a suicide attempt. Exposure to suicide attempts of friends is a powerful predictor of whether individuals will attempt suicide themselves, especially in adolescents, but why exposure increases individuals’ own ...