Methods and Consequences of Suicide Attempts among Australian Students
| Autor: | Robert Schweitzer, Lidija Cvetkovich, John P. McLean, Dennis Rose |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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medicine.medical_specialty
Suicide attempt business.industry Poison control Human factors and ergonomics General Medicine medicine.disease Medical care Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Psychiatry and Mental health Injury prevention medicine Medical emergency medicine.symptom Psychiatry business Suicidal ideation |
| Zdroj: | Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry. 34:170-172 |
| ISSN: | 1440-1614 0004-8674 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/000486700375 |
| Popis: | Schweitzer et al. previously published a paper in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry which provided prevalence rates on suicidal ideation and behaviour among university students [1]. We wish to provide an update on extensions of our previously published work. In our previous publication we indicated the relatively high percentage of students who reported suicide-related behaviour over the past 12 months (6.6%). This figure is very similar to a more recent study undertaken in the UK where 6% of student respondents reported suicide attempts [2]. As a follow up, we investigated this finding further in studies undertaken in 1994 and 1997 by asking fresh samples of University of Queensland first-year undergraduates who responded positively to the question ‘I have made attempts to kill myself’ (in the past year), to provide additional data relating to the methods employed in their suicide attempts and the consequences following their suicide attempt in terms of level of injury and medical care received... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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