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Suicide and mental disorders
Author(s) -
ASUKAI NOZOMU
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1995.tb01926.x
Subject(s) - psychiatry , suicide methods , depression (economics) , suicide prevention , medicine , poison control , injury prevention , psychology , medical emergency , suicide rates , macroeconomics , economics
In Japan, there has not yet been a complete psychological autopsy study. The author conducted a retrospective study of failed suicides (quasi‐completed suicides) admitted to an emergency critical care center. According to the lethality of suicide methods, 133 out of 265 subjects over 6 years (1986–1991) were classified as the absolutely dangerous (AD; the failed suicides) group. As a principal diagnosis, psychoses, endogenous depression, substance abuse were present in 75% of the AD group. The diagnostic distribution largely differed with depressive disorders being mainly in the older group (50+ years), and psychoses predominating in the younger group (<30 years). This study suggested that the majority of suicide victims in Japan also had mental disorders, and suicide prevention should be confronted with this clinical fact.