Death anxiety was related to the potential for rescue after a suicide attempt. No relationship was observed between death anxiety and risk or lethality of suicide attempt. The 12 males and 38 females did not differ in either suicide rating or death anxiety; nor was there a difference on these variables in first and multiple attempters.
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