Nearly 30% of Suicide-Prone People Have Regained Full Psychological Well-Being
A nationally representative study that was recently conducted reports that about 29% of participants who had a suicide attempt history had achieved a state of complete mental health. In order to make that determination, participants had to report high levels of psychological and social well-being in the last month, almost daily life satisfaction or happiness in the last month, and freedom from suicidality and mental ailments such as substance dependence and psychiatric disorders to be considered in complete mental health. The study was published in the “Archives of Suicide Research.” Prof. Esme Fuller-Thomson from the University of Toronto, the study’s…