Does suicide always indicate a mental illness?

What it found

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Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Exploring the association between khat use and psychiatric symptoms: a systematic review.BMJ open · 2022
   Pooled it
2. Natural disasters and SARS-CoV-2: potential risk factors for exacerbating mental health conditions among veterans.Discover mental health · 2025
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3. Clinical and Neuropsychological Features of Suicide Attempters in Tehran, Iran: A Comparative Study.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2024
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4. The Malay Literacy of Suicide Scale: A Rasch Model Validation and Its Correlation with Mental Health Literacy among Malaysian Parents, Caregivers and Teachers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
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5. Free will and the desire for suicide in mental illness.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022
   Review
6. The Study of Motivation in the Suicidal Process: The Motivational Interview for Suicidality.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020
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7. Trust, conversations and the 'middle space': A qualitative exploration of the experiences of physiotherapists with clients with suicidal thoughts and behaviours.PloS one · 2020
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8. Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Military Service Members Hospitalized Following a Suicide Attempt versus Suicide Ideation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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