1.   Concluding comments Attempted suicide continues to present a very challenging problem for medical and psychiatric services.

2.   In summary, therefore, most special aftercare services have had no effect on repetition rates after attempted suicide.

3.   It is reasonable to expect that public attitudes and beliefs about attempted suicide will affect its incidence.

4.   Newson-Smith and Hirsch concluded that social workers could safely and reliably assess attempted suicide patients.

5.   She had attempted suicide twice.

6.   We appear to be a long way from finding effective means of primary prevention of attempted suicide.

7.   We hope that primary prevention of attempted suicide will not continue to be solely a focus for conjecture.

8.   An attempted suicide left her severely disabled.

9.   Eleven people have attempted suicide and three have succeeded.