Suicide risk factors such as hopelessness and psychiatric disorders can predict suicide ideation (SI) but cannot distinguish between those with SI and those who attempt suicide (SA). The fluid vulnerability theory of suicide posits that a person's activation of the suicidal mode is predicated on one's predisposition, triggers, and baseline/acute risks. This study compared guilt, shame, self-anger, and suicidal beliefs based on recent SI and lifetime SA. In a total of 2222 primary care patients in this cross-sectional, observational study reported no recent SI or lifetime SA (SI−SA−), 161 reported recent SI only (SI−SA+), 145 reported lifetime SA only (SI+SA−), and 56 reported both recent SI and lifetime SA (SI+SA+). Kruskal-Wallis test showed that the four risk factors were the highest for SI+SA+, followed by SI+SA−, then SI−SA+, and lastly SI−SA−. The study shows that risk factors may be worse in those with recent SI than those with SA history.
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