It is critical that concerned adults and peers monitor a student who has attempted suicide for several months following the attempt. Those students who receive help for their suicidal risk before they made an attempt have a better prognosis than those who were intervened upon following an attempted suicide. Suicidal behavior is inherited. However, suicide is not a genetic trait, so it is not inherited. What can appear to be a family trait of suicide may be because family members share a common emotional environment and often adopt similar methods of coping.
Suicide occurs more often among the wealthy.
People who attempt or commit suicide are mentally ill or psychotic. Other people who attempt or commit suicide choose it as an option when their previously successful means of coping are not effective, and they are unable to otherwise stop the pain they are experiencing. A history of mental illness does not increase the risk of suicide. Talking about suicide can encourage a person to attemp it. It is highly unlikely that discussing suicide would influence a nonsuicidal person to become preoccupied with the idea.