Previous Suicidal Attempt
Lifetime history of suicide attempts was attained using
a semi-structured clinical interview. A ‘suicide attempt’
was defined as a self-reported self-harming behavior that
occurred at any time prior to the baseline assessment, and
was accompanied by at least some intent to die regardless
of the objective lethality of the action. Ambivalent intent
to die at the time of a deliberate self-harm act was included
in the definition of a suicide attempt. However, self-injurious
behaviors with no suicidal intent, or unknown intent,
were excluded from the definition in this analysis.
The primary group comparison was made between patients
reporting at least one previous suicide attempt
(referred to as “a history of a previous suicide attempts”
for brevity) and those reporting no previous attempts