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Unhappy relationships strong factor for suicide risk: Austrian experts

Xinhua, September 8, 2016 Adjust font size:

Couples who are unhappy in their relationship show the strongest risk factors for suicide, Austrian experts have claimed, according to an Austria Press Agency report Wednesday.

Speaking ahead of World Suicide Prevention Day on Saturday, researchers from the Center for Public Health at the Medical University of Vienna as well as from the faculty of psychology at the University of Vienna pointed out the findings from a study they carried out on 382 persons in Austria.

They claimed the more unresolved conflicts that existed, the greater the risk. These can allow feelings of hopelessness and depression to creep in, and allow suicidal thoughts to manifest themselves.

Their data showed this occurs most often in middle age.

Conversely, happy couples have the lowest instances of suicidal thoughts. This is particularly present in those who are both young and middle-aged.

Even single people have a lower risk of suicide than those in unhappy relationships, the study, also published in the magazine "Crisis", showed.

The new information goes against findings to date.

"Existing data clearly shows that the suicide risk of a person is lower when they are in a relationship," said Benedict Till from the Medical University of Vienna. Endit