“…In Bristol Seager and Flood's (1965) reported that 41% of suicides contacted their GPs in 4 weeks before death, but it was 65% in Edinburgh (Ovenstone and Kreitman, 1974), 59% in Sussex (Barraclough et al, 1974), 39% in Australia (Chynoweth et al, 1980), and 36% in Bristol when re-examined by Vassilas (1993). The current study's figure of 21% is lower than those reported in previous studies.…”