> [1] Anybody concerned by such figures (as one justifiably should be without further context) should note that suicidality in the population is typically the result of their best approximation of the rational mind attempting to figure out an escape from a consistently negative situation under conditions of very limited information about alternatives, as is famously expressed in the David Foster Wallace quote on the topic.

> The phenomenon usually vanishes after gaining new, previously inaccessible information about potential opportunities and strategies.

Is this actually true? (i.e. backed up by research)

[I'm not neccesarily doubting, that is just different from my mental model of how suicidal thoughts work, so im just curious]