@article{ref1,
title="Suicide and mental disorders",
journal="Psychiatry and the Clinical Neurosciences",
year="1995",
author="Asukai, N.",
volume="49",
number="Suppl 1",
pages="S91-7",
abstract="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.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1323-1316",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}