Resource Tag: HONG KONG

A community sample of 511 Hong Kong adolescents, age 15-19 years, were asked to indicate their suicidality in the past 12 months & in their lifetime. Generalized estimating equation regression models were used to examine the effect of psychosocial & socioenvironmental correlates in relation to suicide ideation. Data showed perceived responsibilities for family was the […]

This study investigated the effect of gender in psychiatric & non-psychiatric populations to examine how psychiatric history may have modulated the effect of gender in suicide cases in 2000 in Hong Kong & Victoria, Australia. Log-linear model was used to test interactions. Gender difference in suicide was narrower in victims with psychiatric history than those […]

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This study evaluated an education programme for frontline nurses on patient suicide prevention & management. The study was done in 2 general hospitals from December 2004-June 2006. A total of 54 registered nurses were assigned to the study group & 56 to the control group. A purposive sample was recruited for focus group interviews. Participants […]

This study investigated family, school, peer, & psychological factors contributing to adolescent suicide ideation. Participants were 1,358 Hong Kong Chinese adolescents divided into younger (12.3 years) & older (15.4 years) age groups. By using structural equation modeling, results showed family cohesion & sense of school belonging were the core predictors of self-esteem & depression, & […]

By examing a series of 17 suicides with evidence of pathological gambling prior to death, the authors sought to generate hypotheses for the further study of this problem. Psychological autopsy interviews were conducted with proxy respondents for suicide & control subjects aged 15-59 years in Hong Kong. Of the 150 suicides & 150 controls examined, […]

This article provides data on the rate of suicide in Hong Kong. Statistics are provided on gender distribution, age distribution, marital status, precipitating causes, methods, previous suicide attempts, suicide communications & notes, & suicide in mental patients. The article concludes with a brief discussion of risk factors. (19 refs.)

This study investigated the factors associated with suicide ideation & attempts among a representative sample of 3,383 secondary school students in Hong Kong. Youth risk behaviours such as heavy smoking, episodic heavy alcohol drinking, early sexual experience, & feeling hopeless were found to be associated with both suicidal thoughts & attempts. Misuse of drugs was […]

This retrospective record-based study examined suicides by jumping from 3 iconic bridges in Hong Kong & explored possible prevention strategies. The majority of suicide victims were male, middle-aged, married or cohabiting, not living alone, employed or self-employed, & in financial difficulty. None of these cases had a reported psychiatric diagnosis or psychiatric care history, & […]

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Data of homicide-suicide offenders from the Hong Kong Coroner’s Court were analyzed through a two-step cluster analysis. 231 people died in 98 episodes in the study period, 1989-2005. The majority of offfenders were male & aged 30-49 years. Domestic killing was the major type of homicide-suicide. Spouses & children were predominantly the victims. Six clusters […]

This study aimed to estimate the risk for suicide after the suicide deaths of 3 entertainment celebrities in Asia during the first 4 weeks after the celebrity suicide & on a weekly basis. An ecological, retrospective time-series analysis & a meta-analysis of suicide deaths in Hong Kong (2001-2003), Taiwan & South Korea (both from 2003-2005), […]

This article examines factors relating to psychological health & suicide attempts among female street sex workers in Hong Kong. On average, the sample scored significantly lower on the psychological health domain in comparison to the general female population of Hong Kong. Factors associated with the working environment in the sex industry were significantly associated with […]

With the ageing of the global population, the wellbeing of older people merits special attention. Recent findngs on certain aspects of the psychosocial health of the elderly are far from reassuring. The first problem is the inconsistency in psychosocial indicators which give simultaneous high life satisfaction scores & high suicide rates. The second problem is […]

The validity of the best-estimate method for making psychiatric diagnoses & determining potential psychosocial risk factors was examined in a cohort of Hong Kong Chinese who attempted suicide. 71 suicide attempters & their proxy-informants were interviewed separately. There were substantial levels of agreement, high sensitivity & specificity on Axis I psychiatric diagnoses in subject-proxy pairs. […]

This article examines distress as it affects men & women, particularly in relation to suicide & marriage. Although the overall rate of suicide is higher for men than for women, the two rates are much closer in Hong Kong than is the case in Western countries. This suggests that, among other things, marrige provides less […]

The characteristics of 79 people who survived a suicide attempt by jumping from a height were explored by reviewing pscyhiatric consultation notes. Subjects were mostly Chinese men, age 21-50 years, who were sober & drug-free at the time of the attempt. More than three-quarters of them were living with relatives or friends. Most attempts occurred […]

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This study examined the impact of charcoal burning suicides on overall suicide rates & older-method suicide rates in Hong Kong & urban Taiwan. A trend analysis was done of the overall & method-specific suicide rates between 1997-2002. Suicides by charcoal burning increased rapidly within 5 years in both Hong Kong & urban Taiwan. This increase […]

The literature on adolescent suicide attempts is reviewed. The demographic, familial, psycho-pathological features distinguishing this group from adolescents without suicidal behaviours are presented. Adolescent suicidal behaviours can be seen as maladaptive coping mechanisms engendered by a group of adolescents to escape from or show their distress. A fragile social support network is a significant predisposing […]

This paper utilizes existing statistics on adolescent suicide to examine trends & patterns in Hong Kong during 1980-2003. There was a gradual rising trend where rates in the 1990s & early 2000s were higher than those in the 1980s. Rates for adolescents aged 10-24 years were lower than those of other adult age groups. Rates […]