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Suicide Precipitants Differ Across the Lifespan but Are Not Significant in Predicting Medically Severe Attempts

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  • Carol C. Choo

    (College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Singapore 387380, Singapore)

  • Peter K. H. Chew

    (College of Healthcare Sciences, James Cook University, Singapore 387380, Singapore)

  • Roger C. Ho

    (Department of Psychological Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 119007, Singapore)

Abstract

An important risk factor for suicide assessment is the suicide precipitant. This study explores suicide attempt precipitants across the lifespan. Three years of medical records related to suicide attempters who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore were subjected to analysis. These cases were divided into three age groups: Adolescence, Early Adulthood, and Middle Adulthood. A total of 540 cases were examined (70.9% females; 63.7% Chinese, 13.7% Malays, 15.9% Indians), whose ages ranged from 12 to 62. There were eight cases above the age of 65 years which were excluded from the analysis. Significant differences were found in precipitants for suicide attempts across the lifespan. Middle adults had relatively fewer relationship problems, and adolescents had comparatively fewer financial and medical problems. The models to predict medically severe attempts across the age groups using suicide precipitants were not significant. The findings were discussed in regards to implications in suicide assessment and primary prevention in Singapore, as well as limitations and recommendations for future research.

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  • Carol C. Choo & Peter K. H. Chew & Roger C. Ho, 2018. "Suicide Precipitants Differ Across the Lifespan but Are Not Significant in Predicting Medically Severe Attempts," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-8, April.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:15:y:2018:i:4:p:691-:d:139798
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    1. Carol C. Choo & Jonathan H. L. Kuek & André A. D. Burton, 2018. "Smartphone Applications for Mindfulness Interventions with Suicidality in Asian Older Adults: A Literature Review," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(12), pages 1-11, December.
    2. Benito León-del-Barco & Fernando Fajardo-Bullón & Santiago Mendo-Lázaro & Irina Rasskin-Gutman & Damián Iglesias-Gallego, 2018. "Impact of the Familiar Environment in 11–14-Year-Old Minors’ Mental Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 15(7), pages 1-13, June.
    3. José Antonio Piqueras & Victoria Soto-Sanz & Jesús Rodríguez-Marín & Carlos García-Oliva, 2019. "What is the Role of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Adolescent Suicide Behaviors?," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(14), pages 1-13, July.
    4. Kim-San Lim & Celine H. Wong & Roger S. McIntyre & Jiayun Wang & Zhisong Zhang & Bach X. Tran & Wanqiu Tan & Cyrus S. Ho & Roger C. Ho, 2019. "Global Lifetime and 12-Month Prevalence of Suicidal Behavior, Deliberate Self-Harm and Non-Suicidal Self-Injury in Children and Adolescents between 1989 and 2018: A Meta-Analysis," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(22), pages 1-26, November.
    5. Nicholas Abraham & P. Buvanaswari & Rahul Rathakrishnan & Bach X. Tran & Giang Vu. Thu & Long H. Nguyen & Cyrus S. Ho & Roger C. Ho, 2019. "A Meta-Analysis of the Rates of Suicide Ideation, Attempts and Deaths in People with Epilepsy," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(8), pages 1-10, April.
    6. Carol C. Choo & Peter K.H. Chew & Pinhong Tan & Jessica Q. Choo & Amanda M.H. Choo & Roger C. Ho & Thuan Chong Quah, 2019. "Health-Related Quality of Life in Pediatric Patients with Leukemia in Singapore: A Cross-Sectional Pilot Study," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(12), pages 1-9, June.
    7. Kundadak Ganesh Kudva & Edimansyah Abdin & Janhavi Ajit Vaingankar & Boon Yiang Chua & Saleha Shafie & Swapna Kamal Verma & Daniel Shuen Sheng Fung & Derrick Heng Mok Kwee & Siow Ann Chong & Mythily S, 2021. "The Relationship between Suicidality and Socio-Demographic Variables, Physical Disorders, and Psychiatric Disorders: Results from the Singapore Mental Health Study 2016," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(8), pages 1-12, April.

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