Twelve-Month Prevalence of and Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.

This article discusses a study conducted to identify risk factors for 12-month suicide attempts and to use this information to develop a clinically useful method of predicting suicide attempts that addresses many of the limitations noted in prior work on the problem. Researchers used data from the World Health Organization (WHO) World Mental Health (WMH) Survey Initiative. The methods and findings of the study are explored.