@article{ref1,
title="Sex differences in risk factors for suicide after attempted suicide-a follow-up study of 1052 suicide attempters",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2004",
author="Skogman, Katarina and Alsén, Margot and Ojehagen, Agneta",
volume="39",
number="2",
pages="113-120",
abstract="AIM: This study aims to investigate suicide risk factors after attempted suicide and whether and how these risk factors differ between the sexes. METHOD: A total of 1052 suicide attempters admitted to the Medical Emergency Inpatient Unit, Lund University Hospital, Sweden were followed up concerning suicide and death from other causes after a median period of 6 years and 5 months. In all, 50 persons committed suicide during follow-up. At the index suicide attempt, socio-demographic data and information about clinical characteristics were gathered in a standardised manner. Risk factors were identified among these data using survival analyses for the whole sample and for each sex separately. RESULT: Men had a higher frequency of suicide and a greater overall mortality than women. Cox regressions showed that suicide attempt(s) prior to the index attempt and the use of a violent method for the index attempt were risk factors for men only, whereas older age and a high suicidal intent (Beck SIS score) were female ones. Major depression was a risk factor for both sexes. CONCLUSION: More attention probably needs to be paid to the importance of gender in assessment of suicide risk and treatment of suicide attempters.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-004-0709-9",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-004-0709-9"
}