TheRoleofPlanning,Time Elapsed,and Intent: It is important to distinguish between a suicidal act that can be impulsive (or not) and a person who can be impulsive or not.Recent research has shown that although people who attempt suicide tend to be more impulsive than those who do not, the actual act of completed suicide is often not made impulsively. Suicidal planning is related to, but not synonymous with, suicidal intent. Planned suicide involves a more subjective element drawn from the desired outcome and perceived lethality of the act of selfharm.