@article{ref1,
title="Acculturation and suicide: a case-control psychological autopsy study",
journal="Psychological medicine",
year="2002",
author="Lee, C. S. and Chang, J. C. and Cheng, A. T. A.",
volume="32",
number="1",
pages="133-141",
abstract="BACKGROUND: The relationships between acculturation and suicide were investigated in East Taiwan. METHODS: Psychological autopsy interviews were conducted for consecutive suicides from two native Taiwanese groups (Atayal and Ami) (N = 30 for each group); each of them was matched with two controls for age, sex and area of residence. The Taiwan Aboriginal Acculturation Scale was used to measure the extent of acculturation. RESULTS: A lower degree of social assimilation was significantly associated with a higher risk of suicide in the Atayal and the male groups. In multivariable regression analysis, a significant effect of low social assimilation on the risk of suicide was found in Atayal and in men, even after controlling for the effects of ICD-10 depressive episode and emotionally unstable personality disorder. Meanwhile, there was a significant trend across low, moderate and high social assimilation on suicide risk in Atayal and in men. CONCLUSIONS: For the native Taiwanese, the stress from rapid acculturation into the main Chinese society is crucial to their mental health. It might be reduced through targeted social and educational programmes.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0033-2917",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}