Any fixed or dynamic risk and stress factor in a person and his or her social environment,

including family and social interactions, that enhances the possibility of completing suicide.

 Physiological factors:

Risk factors are biological, psychological, family, community, or cultural qualities that
precede and are associated with a higher risk of undesirable consequences. Protective
variables are traits that minimize the influence of a risk factor  Risk factors and
protective variables can be divided into two broad categories:
1) Predisposing factors.
2) Enabling factors.
Predisposing factors are those characteristics that an individual shares with another
who has suffered from a problem or incident. Enabling factors are anything that
facilitates or inhibits the effective functioning of an individual, their ability to manage
their problems or incidents.
Psychological risks factors are attributes or personality traits that increase one's
vulnerability to developing a mental health problem. These factors may be positive
(such as resilience) or negative (such as anxiety). Psychological risks factors can be
grouped into seven categories:
 internal psychology
 interpersonal relationships
 life circumstances
 health conditions
 exposure to violence
 Use of drugs and alcohol.
It is important to understand that not all people who experience stress or trauma will
develop a mental illness.

Social factors:

The bad social situations linked with ill health, such as food insecurity and housing
instability, are referred to as social risk factors. Social risk factors are important causes
of illness that cannot be cured with medicine or treated effectively with medication. They
include problems such as poverty, unemployment, violence, crime, and discrimination.
The presence of social risk factors increases the chances of an individual being sick.
People who have many social risks often find it harder to overcome obstacles in their
lives and so have less chance of improving their situation. Almost everyone experiences
some degree of social exclusion at some point in their life.

Behavioral risk factors

Behavioral risk factors are risk variables that individuals have the most control over,
such as food, cigarette use, and alcohol use. These factors can affect an individual's
health directly by causing diseases such as cancer or heart disease, or indirectly by
increasing a person's risk of developing diabetes, hypertension, and other illnesses.
The five main behavioral risks are: smoking, eating too much, not enough exercise,
drinking too much alcohol, and not sleeping enough. Other behavioral risks include also
using drugs abuse, failing to take medications as prescribed, and ignoring or avoiding
activities that might harm your health.

Situational risks factors:

Some children and young people affected by certain situational factors may be at a
higher risk of social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) difficulties.
1. Abuse and neglect:
Abuse can include many different types of behaviors, but generally refers to any action
by another person that causes harm to a child or young person. Abuse can be physical,
emotional, sexual, psychological or financial. Types of abuse include:
 Domestic abuse
 Emotional abuse 
 Online abuse 
 Physical abuse
 Sexual abuse
Neglect is when a parent fails to meet a child or young person’s basic needs. For
example, leaving a child unclean, without shelter, clothing, supervision and medical
care. Neglect can be physical, emotional, educational and medical. Neglect can cause
very serious, long-term damage for children and young people who face it. It can cause
severe damage to a child’s long-term physical and mental wellbeing.
 2. Bullying:
Bullying can be in verbal, physical, mental or digital form. Bullying negatively impacts
the way that children and young people think, feel and behave, affecting different areas
of their life and their social, emotional and academic functioning. Bullying may result in
or be caused by:
 Anxiety and panic attacks
 Depression
 Low self-esteem
 Poor self-image and confidence
 Stress
 Difficulties in eating or sleeping
 Poor academic performance
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