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| • | Most
patients with psychiatric disorders including |
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| mood
disorders do not attempt suicide. |
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| • | What
determines whether a patient with major |
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| depression
will attempt or complete suicide? |
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| • | At
risk patients have a vulnerability or |
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| predisposition
to suicidal behavior under |
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| circumstances
of a psychiatric illness. |
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| • | What
is this vulnerability or diathesis? |
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