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0 pointsThrowawayP7y ago0 comments

> They had interviews with people that survived it -- and they basically all said that as soon as they let go, they realized it was a mistake. That all of their problems were solvable, except for the one they just made.

That fails to explain those who attempt suicide more than once.

EDIT: I found an informal estimate from this article (http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/25/in-defense-of-psych-tre...) by psychiatrist Scott Alexander:

"It is somewhat harder to find good studies on what percent attempt suicide again. By eyeballing some other statistics and trying to fit them together, I believe it is greater than 25% but less than 50%. One textbook whose studies I have not been able to verify says that 30% of untreated and 15% of treated suicide attempters try again."

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okmokmz7y ago

The same reason that drug addicts who have been sober for long periods of time regularly relapse. Many people have more than one moment of weakness or crisis in their lives

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0 pointsThrowawayP7y ago0 comments

That fails to explain those who attempt suicide more than once.

EDIT: I found an informal estimate from this article (http://slatestarcodex.com/2013/04/25/in-defense-of-psych-tre...) by psychiatrist Scott Alexander:

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okmokmz7y ago

The same reason that drug addicts who have been sober for long periods of time regularly relapse. Many people have more than one moment of weakness or crisis in their lives

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