title: [Suicide: an update].
abstract: The authors relate etiological and epidemiological data on suicide. They also discuss cognitive and psychodynamic as well as biological factors involved. In the second part, they described different ways of predicting and dealing with suicide. They propose the use of a scale as a useful way for the assessment of suicide risk.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Fournier
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barbieri
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology
vernacular_title: Le suicide: mise à jour.