Suicide Attempts and Homelessness: Timing of Attempts Among Recently Homeless, Past Homeless, and Never Homeless Adults.

CONCLUSIONS: Rates of past-year suicide attempts and past-year homelessness were strongly associated, suggesting that homelessness and suicidality strongly co-occur. However, among adults with recent homelessness and a suicide attempt history, suicidal behavior began decades ago and likely preceded homelessness. PMID: 32988323 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32988323?dopt=Abstract

Source: Psychiatric Services - September 30, 2020 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Psychiatr Serv Source Type: research