4.43 Capability for Suicide Adds Independent Prediction to Attempt Post-Treatment

Suicide remains the second leading cause of death for adolescents in the United States. Most known risk factors still do not prospectively distinguish between suicidal ideators and attempters, limiting their usefulness in clinical settings. Capability for suicide (CS) is a novel construct common to theories in the ideation-to-action framework of suicide (IAFS). It has been proposed to be a necessary condition for ideators to make suicide attempts (SA) and to have both genetic and acquired components.