“…Some studies have demonstrated an important correlation (Horesh, Levi, & Apter, 2012), while others only a small association (Brown, Henriques, Sosdjan, & Beck, 2004), but all concur that individuals who have accurate expectations about the likelihood of dying from their attempts, commit more serious attempts. Other studies have shown a positive relationship between the degree of suicide intent and the lethality of suicide methods (Harriss, Hawton, & Zahl, 2005;Haw, Hawton, Houston, & Townsend, 2003;Zhang & Xu, 2007): the stronger the suicide intent, the more lethal the means chosen by the attempter.…”