There are some common misunderstandings about suicide. Here, we explain four important facts<\/strong> <\/em>about suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A review of ninety research studies found that more than 90% of people who were seen in a hospital following self-harm did not go on later to die by suicide (Owens, et al., 2002<\/a>). In other words, if someone can survive a suicidal crisis, the person will almost always find a path forward to live.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n One study of 153 people who attempted suicide in a near-lethal way found that 24% of the study participants said that the time between deciding and then acting to attempt suicide was less than 5 minutes (Simon, et al., 2007<\/a>). In other words, the critical times determining whether someone lives or dies in a suicidal crisis can be extremely brief \u2013 sometimes less than 5 minutes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n How<\/em> people attempt suicide is as important as why<\/em> people attempt suicide. When a firearm is used in a suicide attempt, the outcome is fatal in about 90% of cases (Conner, et al., 2019<\/a>). In other words, when someone responds to a crisis by misusing a firearm in a suicide attempt, the likelihood of surviving to have a second chance is drastically reduced. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n When one method for suicide is blocked or not available, most people do not switch to another method \u2013 i.e. engage in \u201cmethod substitution.\u201d A follow-up study of 515 people who were blocked from jumping from the Golden Gate Bridge found that only about 5% went on to die by suicide (Seiden, 1978<\/a>). Recall that times of crisis can be brief, sometimes just 5 minutes or less. If firearms or other lethal means for suicide are not available during a crisis, this can allow enough time to pass for someone to recover. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Important Facts About Suicide There are some common misunderstandings about suicide. Here, we explain four important facts about suicide. Long-Term Survival More than 90% of people who survive a suicidal […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":783,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2572"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2572"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2673,"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2572\/revisions\/2673"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saferhomescoalition.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Long-Term Survival<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
More than 90% of people who survive a suicidal crisis live and recover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Duration of crises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Crises are time limited<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Lethality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Firearms can turn a crisis deadly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Method Substitution<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Substituting methods is rare<\/h3>\n\n\n\n