ArticleInternational journal of mental health systems2014
Associations between changes in the pattern of suicide methods and rates in Korea, the US, and Finland.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: International Prevalence of Suicidal Ideation and Attempt in Youth.Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry · 2023Pooled it
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- Trends in Suicide Mortality in South Africa, 1997 to 2016.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- A Call for Preventing Suicide by Hanging from Ceiling Fans: An Interdisciplinary Research Agenda.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Trends in Suicide Mortality by Method from 1979 to 2016 in Japan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Cross-national comparisons of increasing suicidal mortality rates for Koreans in the Republic of Korea and Korean Americans in the USA, 2003-2012.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2018Article
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- Which deliberate self-poisoning patients are most likely to make high-lethality suicide attempts?International journal of mental health systems · 2015Article
- Difference in suicide methods used between suicide attempters and suicide completers.International journal of mental health systems · 2014Article
- Factors associated with choice of high lethality methods in suicide attempters: a cross-sectional study.International journal of mental health systems · 2014Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe lethality of the suicide method employed is a strong risk factor for the completion of suicide. We examined whether annual changes in the pattern of suicide methods is related to annual changes in suicide rates in South Korea, the United States (US), and Finland.
methodsWe analyzed annual data from 2000-2011 for South Korea and Finland, and 2000-2010 for the US in order to examine trends in the rates and methods of suicide. Data on suicide methods were obtained from the World Health Organization (WHO) mortality database.
resultsAlong with an annual rapid increase in suicide rates, the incidence of hanging increased steadily while suicide by self-poisoning steadily decreased in South Korea. In the US, along with an annual increase in suicide rates, the proportion of suicides committed by hanging increased while those committed with the use of firearms steadily decreased. In Finland, annual changes in the suicide rate and suicide method were not statistically significant during the study period.
conclusionsOur present findings suggest that the increased use of specific lethal methods for suicide, namely hanging, is reflected in the increased suicide rates in the Korean and the US populations. The most effective approach for reducing overall suicide rates may be the implementation of population-based initiatives that reduce both the accessibility (e.g., access to firearms) and the social acceptability (e.g., effective and responsible regulations for reporting suicide) of lethal methods of suicide.
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