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Citation |
Snowdon J, Draper B, Wyder M. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2011; 41(4): 465-470. |
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Affiliation |
University of Sydney; University of New South Wales; Australian Institute for Suicide Research and Prevention. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2011, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons) |
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21745242 |
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Abstract |
Data concerning 127 persons aged 35 years or above who died by suicide (as determined in consecutive cases by a Sydney coroner) were analyzed. Psychological autopsy (PA) interviews were conducted in 52 cases, and details were compared with the 75 cases where data were available only from coroner's files (CF). Most characteristics of the two groups were similar, although more CF suicide victims were of Asian background and unable to speak English fluently. Consensus diagnoses were reached following detailed discussion about PA and CF cases. Logistic regression showed no significant difference between age-groups in the proportion diagnosed with major depression, which contrasts with the results of an earlier U.S. study. Language: en |