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Table 1 Reduced list of risk and protective factors

From: Participatory model building for suicide prevention in Canada

Individual-level risk and protective factors

 Individual (personal) attributes

 Relationships and connectedness

 Stressful events and circumstances

 Resilience and coping

 Health and illness

 Substance use

 Screen time and media

 Interactions with legal system

 Access to suicide means

Family-level risk and protective factors

 Family relationships

 Family history of illness, substance use, suicide, trauma

 Family violence

Community-level risk and protective factors

 Social support and community

 Environment

 Violence

 Community-level trauma and suicide

 Mental health services

Societal risk and protective factors

 Stigma, discrimination and oppression

 Mental health infrastructure

 Structural factors (general)