TABLE 1.

Key elements of suicide which are described in the current article.

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Predisposing to a crisis	Precipitating a crisis	Mediating suicide behaviors
Cognitive-affective states which increase suicidality	Motivations and direct drivers for suicide	Capability for suicide and access to means
Responses to stressful life events and negative emotions	Ambivalence or internal conflict about suicide	Narrowing of attention
Factors which increase dispositional vulnerability	Suicide imagery	Differences in ability to imagine consequences and make decisions