Table 2.

Reasons and motives for the index suicide attempt.

Variable	Suicide (N = 17)	Not suicide (N = 207)	Death, all causes (N = 50)	Survived (N = 174)
Reasons why patient took pills or injured himself/herself (%)
Problems with partner a	33	61	44	63
Problems with parents	38	34	38	34
Problems with children	25	17	15	18
Problems with loneliness	75	72	79	71
Problems in making or maintaining friendships and social relations	50	46	49	46
Rejection by lover	27	39	44	37
Physical illness or disability b	31	20	36	17
Mental illness and psychiatric symptoms	50	69	64	68
Unemployment	38	21	30	21
Addiction	56	44	58	42
Motives for the suicide attempt (%)
My thoughts were so unbearable	77	74	70	76
I wanted to show someone how much I loved him/her	31	36	36	36
I lost control over myself	62	69	65	70
The situation was so unbearable	79	76	77	77
I wanted to get away from an unacceptable situation	62	59	60	59
I wanted others to know how desperate I felt	39	54	42	56
I wanted to die c	93	62	67	64
I wanted to get help from someone	33	59	49	60
I wanted to know if someone really cared about me	29	42	33	44
I wanted others to pay for the way they treated me	29	27	30	26
I wanted to make someone feel guilty	36	27	30	26
I wanted to persuade someone to change his/her mind	21	26	14	29
I wanted to make things easier for others d	79	39	46	41
I wanted to sleep for a while	54	44	40	46

^a Suicide vs. not suicide Fisher's exact test, p = 0.05; Death (all causes) vs. survived Fisher's exact test, p = 0.05 ^b Death (all causes) vs. survived Fisher's exact test, p = 0.007 ^c Suicide vs. not suicide Fisher's exact test, p = 0.02 ^d Suicide vs. not suicide Fisher's exact test, p = 0.005