scholarly journals Attitudes toward Suicide: The Effect of Suicide Death in the Family

2010 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. 365-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jie Zhang ◽  
Cun-Xian Jia
Keyword(s):  
Family Members ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study ◽  
Suicide Death ◽  
The Family ◽  
Attitudes Toward Suicide

There have been few reports on the effect of suicide death on family members' attitudes toward suicide. In order to estimate the extent to which suicide death affects attitudes toward suicide among family members of suicides, data of 264 informants from a case-control psychological autopsy study were analyzed. The results showed that there were no significant differences in attitudes toward suicide, measured by the General Social Survey's (GSS) four questions, between informants of suicides and informants of living controls, between family members of suicides and family members of living controls, or between family members of suicides and non-family members of suicides. Our findings did not support the hypothesis that suicide death affects the attitudes toward suicide in suicides' family members. However, some factors were found to be related to the pro-suicide attitudes measured by the four questions included in the GSS.

scholarly journals Being left-behind, mental disorder, and elderly suicide in rural China: a case–control psychological autopsy study

2018 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Zhou ◽  
Guojun Wang ◽  
Cunxian Jia ◽  
Zhenyu Ma
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Mental Disorder ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study ◽  
Left Behind ◽  
Elderly Suicide

AbstractBackgroundSuicide rate among rural elderly is the highest among all age groups in China, yet little is known about the suicide risks in this rapidly growing vulnerable population.MethodsThis matched case–control psychological autopsy study was conducted during June 2014 to September 2015. Consecutive samples of suicides aged 60 or above were identified in three provinces (Shandong, Hunan, and Guangxi) in China. Living comparisons were 1:1 matched with the suicides in age (±3 years old), gender, and living location. Risk factors included demographic characteristics, being left-behind, mental disorder, depressive symptoms, stressful life events, and social support.ResultsA total of 242 suicides and 242 comparisons were enrolled: 135 (55.8%) were male, mean (s.d.) age was 74 (8) years. The most frequently used suicide means were pesticides (125, 51.7%) and hanging (95, 39.3%). Independent risks of suicide included unstable marital status [odds ratio (OR) 4.19, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.61–10.92], unemployed (compared with employed, OR 4.43, 95% CI 1.09–17.95), depressive symptoms (OR 1.34, 95% CI 1.21–1.48), and mental disorder (OR 6.28, 95% CI 1.75–22.54). Structural equation model indicated that the association between being left-behind and suicide was mediated by mental disorder, depressive symptoms, stressful life events, and social support.ConclusionsUnstable marital status, unemployed, depressive symptoms, and mental disorder are independent risk factors for suicide in rural elderly. Being left-behind can elevate the suicide risk through increasing life stresses, depressive symptoms, mental disorder, and decreasing social support. Elderly suicide may be prevented by restricting pesticides, training rural physicians, treating mental disorders, mitigating life stress, and enhancing social connection.

scholarly journals The validity of proxy-based data on loneliness in suicide research: a case-control psychological autopsy study in rural China

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lu Niu ◽  
Cunxian Jia ◽  
Zhenyu Ma ◽  
Guojun Wang ◽  
Zhenjun Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural China ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study

Exploring suicide risk factors among Japanese individuals: The largest case-control psychological autopsy study in Japan

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 123-126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manami Kodaka ◽  
Toshihiko Matsumoto ◽  
Michiko Takai ◽  
Takashi Yamauchi ◽  
Shizuka Kawamoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study ◽  
Suicide Risk Factors

The role of alcohol in suicide: a case-control psychological autopsy study

2006 ◽  
Vol 36 (07) ◽  
pp. 923 ◽  
Author(s):  
KAIRI KÕLVES ◽  
AIRI VÄRNIK ◽  
LIINA-MAI TOODING ◽  
DANUTA WASSERMAN
Keyword(s):  
Case Control ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study

Risk factors for suicide in China: a national case-control psychological autopsy study

The Lancet ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 360 (9347) ◽  
pp. 1728-1736 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R Phillips ◽  
Gonghuan Yang ◽  
Yanping Zhang ◽  
Lijun Wang ◽  
Huiyu Ji ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study ◽  
Risk Factors For Suicide

Acculturation and suicide: a case–control psychological autopsy study

2002 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-141 ◽  
Author(s):  
C.-S. LEE ◽  
J.-C. CHANG ◽  
A. T. A. CHENG
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Risk ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Chinese Society ◽  
Health It ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study ◽  
Educational Programmes ◽  
Icd 10 ◽  
Multivariable Regression ◽  
Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder

Background. The relationships between acculturation and suicide were investigated in East Taiwan.Methods. Psychological autopsy interviews were conducted for consecutive suicides from two native Taiwanese groups (Atayal and Ami) (N = 30 for each group); each of them was matched with two controls for age, sex and area of residence. The Taiwan Aboriginal Acculturation Scale was used to measure the extent of acculturation.Results. A lower degree of social assimilation was significantly associated with a higher risk of suicide in the Atayal and the male groups. In multivariable regression analysis, a significant effect of low social assimilation on the risk of suicide was found in Atayal and in men, even after controlling for the effects of ICD-10 depressive episode and emotionally unstable personality disorder. Meanwhile, there was a significant trend across low, moderate and high social assimilation on suicide risk in Atayal and in men.Conclusions. For the native Taiwanese, the stress from rapid acculturation into the main Chinese society is crucial to their mental health. It might be reduced through targeted social and educational programmes.

scholarly journals Case–control study of suicide in Karachi, Pakistan

2008 ◽  
Vol 193 (5) ◽  
pp. 402-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murad Moosa Khan ◽  
Sadia Mahmud ◽  
Mehtab S. Karim ◽  
Mohammad Zaman ◽  
Martin Prince
Keyword(s):  
Stressful Life Events ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression ◽  
Univariate Analysis ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Major Public Health Problem ◽  
Psychological Autopsy ◽  
Autopsy Study ◽  
Conditional Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Matched Case

BackgroundIn recent years suicide has become a major public health problem in Pakistan.AimsTo identify major risk factors associated with suicides in Karachi, Pakistan.MethodA matched case–control psychological autopsy study. Interviews were conducted for 100 consecutive suicides, which were matched for age, gender and area of residence with 100 living controls.ResultsBoth univariate analysis and conditional logistic regression model results indicate that predictors of suicides in Pakistan are psychiatric disorders (especially depression), marital status (being married), unemployment, and negative and stressful life events. Only a few individuals were receiving treatment at the time of suicide. None of the victims had been in contact with a health professional in the month before suicide.ConclusionsSuicide in Pakistan is strongly associated with depression, which is under-recognised and under-treated. The absence of an effective primary healthcare system in which mental health could be integrated poses unique challenges for suicide prevention in Pakistan.

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