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KMID : 0605620150220040187
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Journal of Korean Society of Biological Psychiatry
2015 Volume.22 No. 4 p.187 ~ p.194
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Attempted Suicides in South Korea : A Multi-Center Analysis of Causes,Methods, and Psychiatric Diagnoses of Suicidal Attempters in 2013
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김혜영:Kim Hye-Young
김보라:Kim Bo-Ra/강승걸:Kang Seung-Gul/김문두:Kim Moon-Doo/김민혁:Kim Min-Hyock/김수인:Kim Soo-In/김재민:Kim Jae-Min/문은수:Moon Eun-Soo/안준호:Ahn Joon-Ho/이경욱:Lee Kyoung-Uk/이상혁:Lee Sang-Hyuk/이승재:Lee Seung-Jae/정성훈:Jung Seong-Hoon/정영철:Chung Young-Chul/정희연:Jung Hee-Yeon/주가원:Ju Ga-Won/차보석:Cha Bo-Seok/하태현:Ha Tae-Hyon/안용민:Ahn Yong-Min
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Abstract
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Objectives : To examine direct causes of attempted suicides, methods adopted to commit suicide, and psychiatric diagnoses among suicide attempters in South Korea.
Methods : A total of 1359 suicide attempters who had visited emergency department of 17 medical centers due to suicide attempt from May 2013 to Nov 2013 were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaires.
Results : Psychiatric symptoms were the most common cause of suicide attempts (62.2%), followed by interpersonal relationships (24.4%). Women attempted suicide more often for interpersonal reasons, whereas men were more likely to do so for financial and job-related reasons. Half of participants (55.8%) attempted suicide by drug intoxication, which was more prevalent among females and those who had previous history of psychiatric disease or previous suicide attempt. Men were more likely to use more lethal methods such as pesticide poisoning and gas inhalation than women. Pesticide poisoning was also prevalent among the elderly group and the rural population. Near ninety-five percent (94.5%) of participants received a psychiatric diagnosis : the most frequent diagnosis was depressive disorder.
Conclusions : This is the first nationwide study of cases of attempted suicide. When stratified by age groups, gender, urbanicity, living alone or not, presence of physical illness, previous psychiatric history, and previous suicide attempt, there were significant differences with respect to causes, methods of attempted suicides and psychiatric diagnoses of suicide attempters.
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KEYWORD
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Attempted suicide, Cause of suicide attempt, Suicide method, Psychiatric diagnosis
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