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Citation

Clapperton A, Bugeja L, Newstead SV, Pirkis J. Arch. Suicide Res. 2018; ePub(ePub): 1-16.

Affiliation

c The University of Melbourne , Melbourne , Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, International Academy of Suicide Research, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13811118.2018.1507855

PMID

30118628

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether people who died by suicide form groups based on demographic, psychosocial, mental and physical health factors and exposure to stressors.

METHODS: Retrospective case series review of persons who died by suicide in Victoria, Australia (2009-2013). A two-stage cluster analysis was performed.

RESULTS: The total sample comprised 2839 persons. Diagnosis of mental illness was present in 52% of cases. Initial analysis determined two groups with the main predictor of group membership being presence of diagnosed mental illness. Further analysis identified four subgroups within the mental illness group and two within the non-mental illness group.

CONCLUSIONS: Suicide does not always occur in the context of mental illness; people who die by suicide cannot be considered a homogenous group.


Language: en

Keywords

epidemiology; mental illness; suicide

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