“Today the causes of suicide are similarly unknown, but evidence from multiple sources suggests that certain types of treatments and interventions can reduce suicidal behaviors better than status quo practices, which often conceptualizes suicide as a symptom or outcome of mental illness. Consistent with this perspective, status quo practices target a patients diagnosed mental illness based on the assumption that reducing these symptoms or eliminating the psychological or behavioral disorder also will reduce or eliminate the risk of suicide.” SuicideSuicide PreventionSuicide QuotesSuicide Attempts Book:Rethinking Suicide: Why Prevention Fails, and How We Can Do Better Source: Rethinking Suicide: Why Prevention Fails, and How We Can Do Better