Table 1.

Biopsychosocial risk factors for suicide in men

Risk factors
  • Childhood adversities, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, or family violence Bruffaerts and colleagues (2010)

  • Interpersonal or family conflict Foster (2011)

  • Depression Hawton, Casanas, Haw, and Saunders (2013)

  • Substance abuse Nock, Hwang, Sampson, and Kessler (2010); Wilcox, Conner, and Caine (2004)

  • Major interpersonal stressful life events in those with alcohol problems Conner and colleagues (2012)

  • Financial difficulties Richardson, Elliott, and Roberts (2013)

  • Physical illnesses Scott and colleagues (2010) and poor general health Conwell and colleagues (2010)

  • Chronic pain Hassett, Aquino, and Ilgen (2014); Hooley, Franklin, and Nock (2014); Tang and Crane (2006)

  • Traumatic brain injury Bahraini, Simpson, Brenner, Hoffberg, and Schneider (2013); Fralick and colleagues (2018); Madsen and colleagues (2018)

  • Personality disorders Arsenault-Lapierre, Kim, and Turecki (2004)

  • Impulsivity and aggression Conner, Conwell, Duberstein, and Eberly (2004); Gvion and Apter (2011); McGirr and Turecki (2007)

  • Limited social connectedness Fassberg and colleagues (2012)

  • Hopelessness Conner, Duberstein, Conwell, Seidlitz, and Caine (2001)

High risk patterns of thinking or cognitive states associated with suicidal ideation and behavior (seeBrown and Green (2014)for a review)
  • Hopelessness Beck, Brown, Berchick, Stewart, and Steer (1990); Beck, Steer, Kovacs, and Garrison (1985)

  • Problem-solving deficits, such as difficulty conceptualizing adaptive solutions to life problems McAuliffe, Keeley, and Corcoran (2002)

  • Perceived burdensomeness and thwarted belongingness (a belief that one does not have meaningful interpersonal relationships) Van Orden, Merrill, and Joiner (2005)

Source: The information presented in Table 1 was adapted mostly from a review paper by Iverson (2016).

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