Exploring suicide risk factors among Japanese individuals: the largest case-control psychological autopsy study in Japan

Highlights • Mental disorders and sleep problems are suicide risk factors. • Verbal communication of one’s own death is also a risk factor for suicide. • They are suicide risk factors, independent of other factors. • Forty-four percent of suicide completers saw a psychiatrist/psychosomatic doctor....

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2017-06, Vol.27, p.123-126
Main Authors: Kodaka, Manami, Matsumoto, Toshihiko, Takai, Michiko, Yamauchi, Takashi, Kawamoto, Shizuka, Kikuchi, Minako, Tachimori, Hisateru, Katsumata, Yotaro, Shirakawa, Norihito, Takeshima, Tadashi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Case-control
Case-Control Studies
Comorbidity
Female
Humans
Internal Medicine
Japan - epidemiology
Male
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - psychology
Middle Aged
Psychiatry
Psychological autopsy
Risk Factors
Sleep Wake Disorders - epidemiology
Sleep Wake Disorders - psychology
Suicidal Ideation
Suicide
Suicide - psychology
Suicide - statistics & numerical data
Young Adult
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Summary:Highlights • Mental disorders and sleep problems are suicide risk factors. • Verbal communication of one’s own death is also a risk factor for suicide. • They are suicide risk factors, independent of other factors. • Forty-four percent of suicide completers saw a psychiatrist/psychosomatic doctor.
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2017.02.029