@article{ref1,
title="Elderly suicide in Hong Kong--a case-controlled psychological autopsy study",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="2004",
author="Chiu, H. F. K. and Yip, P. S. F. and Chi, I. and Chan, S. and Tsoh, J. and Kwan, C. W. and Li, S. F. and Conwell, Yeates and Caine, E.",
volume="109",
number="4",
pages="299-305",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To examine some of the risk factors for late life suicide in Hong Kong Chinese using a case-controlled psychological autopsy approach. METHOD: Informants of 70 subjects aged 60 or above who had committed suicide as well as a community sample of 100 elderly controls were interviewed. Subjects and controls were assessed for the presence of mental illness, history of suicide attempt and data on health care utilization. RESULTS: Eighty-six per cent of suicide subjects suffered from a psychiatric problem before committing suicide, compared with 9% of control subjects. Among the psychiatric problems, major depression was the commonest diagnosis. Seventy-seven per cent of suicide subjects had consulted a doctor within 1 month of suicide. One-third of suicide subjects had a history of suicide attempt. Rates of current psychiatric diagnosis, rates of medical consultation and history of suicide attempt are all significantly higher in suicide subjects than controls. CONCLUSION: Our findings support the view that depressive disorders and a past history of suicide attempt are risk factors of late-life suicide in the Chinese population of Hong Kong, similar to findings in western studies.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}