摘要
Objective: To investigate the risk and predictors of suicide and non-suicide mortality after self-harm in a Taiwanese population. Method: Between July 2006 and June 2008, 3,299 individuals who harmed themselves were recruited to a population-based self-harm register in Taoyuan County, Taiwan. They were followed until December 2008, with record linkage for date and cause of death in a national mortality database. Results: In total, 115 individuals died, 52 through suicide. The risks of suicide and non-suicide mortality in the first year were 1.5 and 2.2 %, respectively, representing an approximately 75-fold and 5-fold age- and gender-standardized increase compared with the general population in Taiwan. Male gender, rural residence, more lethal methods of self-harm and self-cited stressors for the index self-harm episode (unemployment, and chronic somatic illness) were independent risk factors for suicide mortality. Male gender, older age, rural residence and more lethal methods of self-harm were also independent risk factors for non-suicide mortality. The association between of unemployment as a cited reason for self-harm and later suicide was strongest in men and in those aged more than 45 years. Conclusions: Relatively high rates of suicide and non-suicide mortality were found following self-harm. Suicide prevention needs to take into account of risk factors for fatal repetition of self-harm.
原文 | 英語 |
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頁(從 - 到) | 1621-1627 |
頁數 | 7 |
期刊 | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology |
卷 | 48 |
發行號 | 10 |
DOIs | |
出版狀態 | 已發佈 - 2013 10月 |
對外發佈 | 是 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- 流行病學
- 健康(社會科學)
- 社會心理學
- 精神病學和心理健康