Resource Tag: COMMUNITY SURVEYS

This study examined whether early onset of depression is associated with the degree of intent of suicidal behaviour & whether this relationship differs according to gender. Relevant responses from 9,282 American residents were drawn from a nationally representative community survey done in 2001-2003. Younger age of onset for depression was associated with higher levels of […]

This study introduces direct assessment of a suicidal debate, revealing new aspects of suicide ideation. Results, from an online survey (1,016 responses) showed nearly all suicide-risk respondents engaged in the debate. In addition, debate frequency accounted for 54 percent of the variance in suicidality scores, & showed significant associations with other indicators of suicide risk. […]

This study assessed the prevalence of suicidal behaviours in the general population in Latvia, identified risk groups, examined a possible continuous sequence of suicidal behaviours with underlying gradient of severity, assessed patterns of help-seeking behaviours & preferences for different types of services. A postal survey was carried out. The last year & lifetime prevalence of […]

The focus of this report is to enquire into & report on why people harm & kill themselves & to consider the role (including the limits of the role) that psychiatrists & other mental healthcare professionals play in their care & treatment. Part I of the report is on understanding the problem & the people. […]

This study investigated the incidence, prevalence, & persistence of & recovery from suicide ideation in a sample of the Finnish general population. Postal questionnaires were mailed to 1593 subjects at baseline & on follow-up, 12 months later. The 12-month incidence (4.6%) & prevalence of suicide ideation (14.7%) was higher in men than in women. 69% […]

Report includes 104 data tables.

A 2-stage screening approach of over 12,000 adults from the general population were evaluated by face-to-face interview to identify those meeting ICD-10 criteria for depressive disorders at 8 sites in 5 European countries. A cross-sectional analysis of Item 9 (suicide ideation) of the Beck Depression Inventory was done. The standardised period prevalence for all suicide […]

The relationships of inhalant use & inhalant use disorders to suicide ideation & attempts were investigated in the largest comorbidity survey conducted in the United States. Suicide ideation was significantly more prevalent among inhalant users than nonusers & severity of inhalant use problems was positively related to suicide ideation. Among persons with inhalant use disorders, […]

This study investigated self-reported life-weariness, death wishes, suicide ideation, suicidal plans, & suicide attempts among young Nicaraguans & identified factors associated with suicidal expressions. 278 individuals were interviewed. The overall 1-year prevalence of any suicidal expression was 44.8% among males & 47.4% among females. A suicide attempt in the past year was reported by 2.1% […]

This study investigated the relation between symptoms & a variety of health-related risk-taking behaviours during adolescence. A survey of 20,745 youth from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health provided the data. Adolescents who reported more depressive symptoms were found to wear seatbelts less often, wear bike-helmets less often, & drive while drunk more frequently. […]

This study investigated whether gender role orientation & gender role attitudes were related to the reporting of serious suicidal thoughts in 3 generations in a community sample. Subjects completed home interviews. The prevalence of serious suicide ideation was higher in early adulthood than in early & late middle age. In early adulthood, only gender was […]

This study assessed patterns of mental health service use among adolescents who had attempted suicide & examined factors associated with their service use at individual, family, & community levels. Bivariate & multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted with data from 877 adolescents who had attempted suicide in the past 12 months. Less than half reported […]

This article explores the relationship between suicide ideation & disability. In the survey of psychiatric morbidity in Great Britain, 8580 randomly selected adults were interviewed. Data on suicide ideation & activity of daily living limitation was available for 8513 of those surveyed. The independent association of suicide ideation & specific activity of daily living limitations […]

This study examined the association between early initiation of problem behaviours (alcohol drinking, cigarette smoking, sexual intercourse) & suicidal behaviours, & explored the effect of concurrent participation in these problem behaviours on suicidal behaviours among Korean adolescents. Data were obtained from the 2006 Korean Youth Risk Behavior Survey. Bivariate & multivariate logistic analyses were conducted. […]

The study determined whether personality might partially explain associations between sociodemographic factors & self-reported suicide attempts. Data were from a postal survey sent to 912 community residents previously selected at random. In a multiple, logistic-regression analysis constrained to sociodemographic predictors, only young age, female gender, poor self-reported health, & Medicaid status remained as predictors of […]

Associations between self-harm & peer & dating violence perpetration & victimization among youth in a high-risk community are examined. Cross-sectional logistic regression analyses are based on data from the 2004 Youth Violence Survey administered to over 80% of public school students in Grades 7, 9, 11, & 12 in an urban school district. Findings show […]

This study, using the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (Add Health), explores the ties between social support mechanisms & adolescent suicide ideation & attempts. Using the 2-level hierarchical generalized linear modeling technique, it was found that such phenomena can be understood in terms of social support & certain individual factors, some common to both […]

This study examined the relationship between sexual behaviours & mental disorders & suicidality in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication. Compared to ages 15-17, those with age of first intercourse between 12 & 14 had increased rates of lifetime disruptive behaviour, substance use, & any mental disorder, & suicide ideation & attempts. Those with first intercourse […]

Crisis negotiators in California who had been involved in the past 5 years in incidents in which the suspect died by suicide completed a questionnaire & provided information about: anxiety symptoms during the incident; formal support afterwards; informal support from co-workers, supervisors, administrators, & investigators; long-term effects of the incident in the form of posttrauamtic […]

This study explored the decision-making processes of medical examiners in the determination of child suicide. 94 American medical examiners completed a survey regarding those factors considered when making a child suicide determination, sources of information used, & considerations in acccident versus suicide classifications. Well-known risk factors such as suicide notes were considered by virtually all […]

This study assessed differences in lifetimes symptoms of suicidality between homosexual & heterosexual men & women, controlling for lifetime psychiatric morbidity. Data were collected on a representative sample of the Dutch population aged 18-64 years. Homosexual men differed from their heterosexual counterparts on all 4 suicidal symptoms & on the sum total of the 4 […]

A survey revealed an extremely high suicide prevalence in Tokelau within the past 25 years. The rate of attempted suicide was 40/1,500 & the rate of suicide was 6/1,500 over the period 1980-2004. Attempted suicide prevalence was higher among males than females, though there was a 1:1 gender ratio in suicide. Prevalence was high among […]

The relation between abortion, mental disorders, & suicidality was examined using an American nationally representative sample. Multiple logistic regression analyses were used to examine associations between abortion & lifetime mood, anxiety, substance use, eating, & disruptive behaviour disorders as well as suicide ideation & attempts. After adjusting for sociodemographics, abortion was associated with an increased […]