- marriage status
- race
- employment status
- any cohabitants
Risk factors for eventual suicide include widowed or divorced, white or Native American race, unemployed and living alone. Other risk factors, which are generally covered in charts more habitually - and without much thought -include age older than 60, male sex, recent adverse event, psychiatric illness (depression, schizophrenia, panic disorder), substance abuse and history of suicide attempts or ideation.
Source
Raviprakash-Sood, T and Mcstay, C. "Evaluation of the Psychiatric Patient" Emerg Med Clin N Am. 2009.
