Suicide is among the ten leading causes of death in the world. According to WHO, the annual suicide mortality rate is 16:100,000. Suicide rate has increased by 45% globally and by 60% in Spain in the last 50 years.It will be explained:– scale of the problem;– suicidal behaviour characteristics;– risk factors due to Werther effect;– protective factors;– presenting the study on autolytic attempts at HCUV from July to December 2013.Data about autolytic attempts treated at the HCUV in the last 6 months were collected. A structured history was compiled for each patient collecting information about age, personal circumstances, cohabitation, studies, employment status, residence (urban, semi-urban or rural), religious beliefs, day of the week, family background, personal organic and psychiatric background, previous autolytic attempts, last three month's events, last week's events, method and medical practice undertaken.The study shows that the average age is 43 years old, 42.2% are married, 41.3% live with their family, 33% have primary studies, 27.3% are unemployed and other data, which will be exposed through diagrams. Compared to a study from 1996/1997, there has been a 27% increase in the suicide attempts rate.