Prevalence of Brief Suicidal Crisis in Psychiatric Settings

France is among the countries with one of the highest suicide rates in the world, far above those of its neighboring countries \[Wasserman et al., 2012\]. Suicide is the second leading cause of death among 15-24-year-olds, just after road traffic accidents, and the leading cause of death among 25-34-year-olds. Current models emphasize the variability of suicidal trajectories and the possible fluctuation in the duration of suicidal crises: for some individuals, the crisis evolves rapidly and explosively (brief), whereas for others, distress becomes more chronic, often in connection with underlying psychiatric disorders \[Stanley, Brodsky, and Monahan, 2023\]. In this context, the concept of a 'brief suicidal crisis' is an emerging one in psychiatry. It is characterized by an acute phase of psychological vulnerability, during which the main risk is progression to suicidal behavior, but it