The risk that a person will commit suicide is reduced when certain factors are present.
Factors protective against suicide:
(1) life satisfaction
(2) spirituality
(3) sense of responsibility to family
(4) children in the home
(5) reality testing ability
(6) positive social support
(7) positive coping skills
(8) positive problem-solving skills
(9) positive therapeutic relationship with psychiatrist or counsellor
The risk for suicide declines as the number of protective factors increase and the number of negative risk factors decrease.
