Life events, social support, coping strategies, and quality of life in attempted suicide: A case-control study.

CONCLUSION: Suicide attempters were differentiated from healthy controls based on more stressful life events, lower social support, less healthy coping, and poor QOL. Positive life events, good education, and good social support were protective factors against suicide. However, it is difficult to pinpoint a single factor responsible for suicidal behavior. It is the complex interplay of various interrelated factors and the resultant buffering effect, which is protecting the individual against deliberate self-harm. PMID: 23439644 [PubMed] (Source: Indian Journal of Psychiatry)

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