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KMID : 1007420100080020009
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Mood and Emotion
2010 Volume.8 No. 2 p.9 ~ p.88
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Comparative Analysis on the Clinical Characteristics of Suicide Attempters and Suicide Completers in a Community
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Hwang Ji-Hee
Ki Seon-Wan
Lee Gi-Whan
Kim Ji-Woong
Lee Tae-Yong
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Abstract
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Objectives：Suicide is an important public health problem and one of the leading causes of death worldwide. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in clinical and sociodemographic characteristics between suicide attempters and completers in Chungcheongnam-Do Community.
Methods：This study was a part of the Mental Health Survey of Chungcheongnam-Do. 73 subjects (33 attempters, 40 completers) were investigated with a questionnaire about suicide related factors. Basic sociodemographic and clinical datas were compared between suicide attempters and suicide completers.
Results：The suicide completers were characterized by male preponderance,lower rates of previous suicide attempt and psychiatric treatment. In both groups, depression were strongly related to suicide. The most common method of suicide in both groups wasagricultural chemicalsoverdose. In addition, the suicide completers used the lethal methods such as Hanging, drowning, neck fastened and jumping compare to attempters. Howeverthe suicide attempters used the non-severe methods such as psychotropics overdose and cutting. Economic problems were a leading cause of suicide in both groups. Also, impulsivity and despair were most common psychological state at the time of suicide.
Conclusion：There were significant differences between suicide attempters and completers in gender, distressful disease, method of suicides, previous suicide attempts. This result emphasis the need for further investigation on high risk group for suicide.
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KEYWORD
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Suicide, Suicide attempters, Suicide completers
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