Open AccessPredictors of Low-Intent and High-Intent Suicide Attempts in Rural China
Author(s) -
Kenneth R. Conner,
Michael R. Phillips,
Sean Meldrum
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.077420
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , depression (economics) , suicide attempt , poison control , psychiatry , medicine , injury prevention , logistic regression , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , clinical psychology , psychology , gerontology , demography , medical emergency , pathology , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
Acts of suicide are heterogeneous with respect to level of intent. Data on correlates of intent are overwhelmingly from Western samples. We sought to identify correlates of low-intent and high-intent suicide attempts in China.