> die by suicide<p>It's nice to see US publications move to different language.<p>> But a new study concludes that the science of suicide prediction is dismal, and the established warning signs about as accurate as tea leaves.<p>Yes. To be fair, that's not really new information. Current advice is to avoid suicide risk assessment scales because they're based on weak evidence.<p><a href="http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/209/4/277" rel="nofollow">http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/209/4/277</a><p>One thing the submitted article doesn't talk about: You've identified someone at high risk of attempting suicide. What do you do? What intervention do you provide?