A Follow-Up Study in the North-Hame Mental Health District of Persons who Have Attempted Suicide

The results of a follow-up study of people who had attempted suicide were reported in this presentation. 108 patients admitted to the medical ward of Tampere Central Hospital (Finland) in 1977 because of a suicide attempt participated in the study. The goals of the study were to shed light on the state of health of & utilization of health services by persons who had attempted suicide & to analyze their personalites to find out in what ways & to what extent social norms had an effect on the suicide attempt. Participants were to be followed up until 1980 through an annual interview.