TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Mortality and suicide after self-harm: community cohort study in Taiwan
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Chen, Vincent C. H.
A1  - Tan, Happy K. L.
A1  - Chen, Chung-Ying
A1  - Chen, Tony H. H.
A1  - Liao, Long-Ren
A1  - Lee, Charles T. C.
A1  - Dewey, Michael
A1  - Stewart, Robert
A1  - Prince, Martin
A1  - Cheng, Andrew T. A.
SP  - 31
EP  - 36
VL  - 198
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Little is known about outcomes after self-harm in East Asia. AIMS: To investigate mortality after self-harm in a Taiwanese population. METHOD: Between 2000 and 2003, 1083 individuals who self-harmed were identified through a population self-harm register in Nantou County, Taiwan, and followed until 2007 for date and cause of death on a national mortality database. RESULTS: In total, 145 individuals died, 48 through suicide. The risks of all-cause and suicide mortality in the first year were 4.7% and 2.1% respectively, representing 8- and 131-fold age- and gender-standardised increases. Male gender and older age were independent risk factors for both suicide and non-suicide mortality. Use of more lethal methods in the index episode was associated with higher mortality but this was accounted for by gender. CONCLUSIONS: Results in this sample support the recommendation that people with a history of recent self-harm should be a major target for suicide prevention programmes.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/bjp.bp.110.080952
ID  - ref1
ER  -