Psychosocial Factors Associated with Suicide Re-attempts in Persons with Chronic Mental Disabilities in Korea

Suicide re-attempters are clinically different from single-episode attempters and are at higher risk of completed suicide. This study explored psychosocial risk factors and modifiable factors related to suicide re-attempt in a representative sample of 441 chronic mentally disabled individuals in Seo...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2016-07, Vol.52 (5), p.609-614
Main Authors: Jo, Sun-Jin, Ko, Jung-A., Park, Jung-suk, Yim, Hyeon Woo, Lee, Kyung-Min, Lee, Myung-Soo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis
Attempted
Bipolar disorder
Brief Report
Chronic
Chronic Disease - psychology
Community and Environmental Psychology
Disabled Persons - psychology
Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data
Emergency medical care
Female
Health
Health services
Humans
Illnesses
Individualized
Investigations
Leisure
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Mental health
Mental health services
Middle Aged
People with disabilities
Prevalence
Psychiatry
Psychosocial factors
Public sector
Recreation
Republic of Korea - epidemiology
Risk
Risk Factors
Suicide, Attempted - psychology
Suicide, Attempted - statistics & numerical data
Suicides & suicide attempts
Unmet needs
Untreated
Welfare
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Summary:Suicide re-attempters are clinically different from single-episode attempters and are at higher risk of completed suicide. This study explored psychosocial risk factors and modifiable factors related to suicide re-attempt in a representative sample of 441 chronic mentally disabled individuals in Seoul, Korea. The participants were listed on the public sector registry based on the Act for the Welfare of Disabled Persons. Individualized interviews were conducted, and the authors analyzed the data via multiple logistic regression analysis. The results showed that physical illness (under treatment OR 1.7; left untreated OR 4.2) and no leisure activities (OR 1.9) were factors related to a higher risk of re-attempted suicide. Unmet and modifiable needs in addition to mental health services should be considered to prevent suicide re-attempts in the chronic mentally disabled.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-016-0010-x