Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: A Literature Review

The Scottish Government published Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide and Suicidal Behaviour: A Literature Review on the 3^rd December. The publication consists of a systematic international literature review of review-level data on suicide risk factors and primary evidence of protective factors against suicide.

Results of the review are presented in two main sections. The first presents evidence from systematic reviews of risk factors, while the second contains both review-level and primary study evidence related to protective factors against suicidal behaviour. In total, there were 23 systematic reviews of risk factors, one systematic review of protective factors, and 44 primary studies relating to protective factors.

Please follow the links below to access the Executive Summary and the full Table of Contents: