TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics of suicide completers with psychiatric treatment before death: A psychological autopsy study of 76 cases
JO  - Psychiatry and the Clinical Neurosciences
A1  - Hirokawa, Seiko
A1  - Matsumoto, Toshihiko
A1  - Katsumata, Yotaro
A1  - Kitani, Masahiko
A1  - Akazawa, Masato
A1  - Takahashi, Yoshitomo
A1  - Kawakami, Norito
A1  - Watanabe, Norimichi
A1  - Hirayama, Masami
A1  - Kameyama, Akiko
A1  - Takeshima, Tadashi
SP  - 292
EP  - 302
VL  - 66
IS  - 4
N2  - Aim:  The present study was conducted to examine differences in psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics between suicide completers with and without a history of psychiatric treatment within the year before death, using a psychological autopsy method. Methods:  A semi-structured interview was administered by a psychiatrist and other mental health professionals for the closest bereaved of 76 suicide completers. Results:  Suicide completers with a history of psychiatric treatment (n = 38) were significantly younger than those without (n = 38) (P < 0.01), and a significantly higher proportion of cases in the treatment group were estimated to be suffering from schizophrenia. Further, in 57.9% of the treatment group, the fatal suicidal behavior involved overdose with prescribed psychotropic drugs. In addition, female suicide completers in the treatment group were more likely to have a history of self-harm or non-fatal suicidal behavior. Conclusion:  Many suicide completers who received psychiatric treatment were young adults. It was common for suicide completers to overdose on prescribed drugs as a supplementary means of suicide, and many experienced self-harming behavior before death. In addition, a higher proportion of the treatment cases suffered from schizophrenia.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1323-1316
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1440-1819.2012.02343.x
ID  - ref1
ER  -