@article{ref1,
title="Comparison of the clinical features of suicide attempters by jumping from a height and those by self-stabbing in Japan",
journal="Journal of affective disorders",
year="2013",
author="Kimura, Ryo and Ikeda, Shunichiro and Kumazaki, Hirokazu and Yanagida, Makoto and Matsunaga, Hidenori",
volume="150",
number="2",
pages="695-698",
abstract="BACKGROUND: A history of psychiatric disorders is a high risk for suicide. The present study compared the clinical features of psychiatric patients in Japan who attempted suicide by jumping from a height and those who attempted suicide by self-stabbing. METHODS: We compared two groups of suicide attempters who were hospitalized for both physical and psychiatric treatment (n=202). We compared the psychiatric diagnoses and clinical features between those who attempted suicide by jumping from a height (N=147) and those who did so by self-stabbing (N=55). RESULTS: The self-stabbing group (mean age 52.3 years) was significantly older compared to the jumping group (mean age 37.9 years). A significantly higher proportion of females were found in the jumping group. Jumping from a height was significantly associated with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, whereas self-stabbing was significantly associated with mood disorders. LIMITATIONS: The results were drawn from data from a single hospital in a large urban city, and the study population did not include subjects who completed their suicide attempts. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings show that differences in suicide methods (here, between jumping from a height and self-stabbing) may be related to suicide attempters' psychiatric diagnosis, gender and age. It is thus important to obtain a more detailed background information about a patient's suicide attempt and to create suicide prevention plans in accord with individuals' psychiatric diagnosis, age and gender, especially among those who have attempted suicide by jumping from a height or self-stabbing.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0165-0327",
doi="10.1016/j.jad.2013.04.048",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2013.04.048"
}