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Arwen Abendstern - Biological risk factors
- Impulsivity
- Aggression
- Hyperactivity
- Brain damage
- Emotional risk factors
- Depression (particularly hopelessness)
- Expendable child syndrome
- Cognitive risk factors
- Rigid cognitive structure
- Limited problem-solving ability
- Immature views of death and suicide
- Attraction to death and repulsion from life
- Environmental risk factors
- Early loss
- Family dysfunction
- Child abuse and/or neglect
- Bullying (among boys) and victimization
Excerpt from Suicide: An Essential Guide for Helping Professionals and Educators, by D.H. Granello, P.F. Granello, 2007 edition, p. 39 .
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