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An intern reviews a 47-year-old man in the emergency department twelve hours after he swallowed twenty paracetamol tablets on the night his wife left him. He is medically fit for discharge. He says he regrets it, denies any current thoughts of self-harm, has no psychiatric history and will go to his brother's house. He had drunk heavily that night, and he keeps a licensed shotgun at his farm. The intern completes a risk-screening proforma and writes in the notes: 'Score in low-risk band. Low risk. For discharge.' Which one of the following is the most important addition to that entry?
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