Do Suicide Attempts of Mood Disorder Patients Directly Increase the Risk for a Reattempt?

Conclusion: Among mood disorder patients, repeated suicide attempts do not tend to occur during milder depressive states than in the preceding attempts. Previous suicide attempts may indicate underlying diathesis, future risk being principally set by the course of the disorder itself.
Source: Frontiers in Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Source Type: research