This article focused on the relation between the method of last
attempted suicide and the method used during the subsequent completed
suicide. Using the method of psychological autopsy, the authors studied
all suicide cases from the Athens Greater Area during a 2-year period.
Twenty-four percent of the victims had history of previous suicide
attempts. The majority of the suicide attempters switched to a different
method (p<0.001) for their final act. This difference is primarily due
to the individuals who had chosen self-poisoning or wrist cutting in
their last attempted suicide. Both of these groups switched to hanging
or jumping from a height for their final attempt. Individuals who
attempted suicide by hanging or jumping became completers using mainly
the same methods
