Suicide risk increases as first indication of borderline personality and schizophrenia. Other risk factors aside from the factors mentioned above increases the risk of suicide for cases of patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorders which include other psychiatric diagnoses, suicide attempts, alcohol or drug abuse, recent bereavement, anxiety, hopelessness and severity of symptoms. Most often, substance or drug abuse is the common means that increase risk of death by suicide and attempted suicide. Intravenous drugs and opium-containing substances are greater risk than alcohol abuse. Most complete suicide has been trying and is at higher risk of succeeding when they have attempted once before. Attempted suicidal is at higher risk of complete suicide compared to those who have never attempted (The Scottish government, 2008). .
Personality traits have great impact on the increasing suicidal risk since it is the intrinsic character possess by the person or an individual. These characters include aggression, hostility, anger, anxiety, irritability, extroversion, hopelessness, impulsivity, attention deficit hyperactivity, low problem skills and eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia and nervosa. Suicide risk is also been strongly linked to epilepsy. The linked .
depends on the types of epilepsy and on the severity of the illness. Other factor that has great impact on suicidal behavior is the genetics of the person. The genetics of person plays a vital role in the predisposition for instance the gene HT2A gene or a polymorphism at intron 7 of the TPH gene lacks association. Another factor is poverty with areas with low socio-economic status has the high rates of suicide risks. The suicide risk is also increased with pregnancy, abortion and menstrual cycle could lead to emotional changes that could elevate the risk of suicide. Another factor that could lead to increase suicide risk is unemployment which resulted to lower social class (The Scottish Government, 2008).