@article{ref1,
title="A catchment area study of suicides in Waterford in 1990",
journal="Irish journal of psychological medicine",
year="1992",
author="O'Dwyer, A.-m. and Sheppard, N.P. and Murphy, M.N. and Horgan, R.",
volume="9",
number="2",
pages="108-110",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To survey suicides occurring in Waterford City and County in 1990, to calculate a suicide rate for the region and to examine a series of drownings which occurred during the study period. <br><br>METHOD: A catchment area study was carried out with information being collected from coroner's reports, police records, post-mortem reports and other sources. Cases were defined by clinical criteria. <br><br>RESULTS: 13 males and 1 female were considered to have died by suicide, giving an estimated suicide rate of 15 per 100,000. Demographic characteristics and prevalence of psychiatric morbidity conformed broadly to national trends. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Structuring a study to deal with suicides within a particular catchment area allows ready access to detailed information from local sources and yields information of special interest and significance to the psychiatric services of the area. Study of a series of drownings in young adult males in 1990 which had aroused much local concern illustrates the difficulties in categorising deaths accurately by this method. © 1992, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0790-9667",
doi="10.1017/S0790966700013586",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0790966700013586"
}