Table 1.

Common risk factors for youth suicidal behaviour

Risk Factor	Author
Prior suicide attempts and/or behaviour	Hawton and Fagg (1988)
Psychiatric illness	Stenager and Qin (2008)
Personality disorders and Schizophrenia	Kawashima et al. (2012)
Childhood abuse and familial stressors	Dube et al. (2001)
Aggressive and impulsive traits	McGirr et al. (2007)
Socio-economic factors	Page et al. (2014)
Self-harm	Bergen et al. (2011)
Substance use	Kelly et al. (2002)
Exposure to peer suicide	Swanson and Coleman (2013)