ผู้วิจัย/Authors: Supin Pimpsen

ชื่อเรื่อง/Title: Epidemiological of Self-Harm and Suicide Behaviors in 2001.

แหล่งที่มา/Source: The 2nd International Conference on Mental Health and Substance Dependence 2003. Page 65-66. (19-21 August 2003 The Ambassador Hotel, Bangkok Thailand)

รายละเอียด / Details:

This study was conducted as a sub-project of the Depression and Suicide Care project of the Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health which was implemented during 2001-2003. Objectives: 1. To study the incidence of self-harm and suicidal behaviors in Thailand in the year 2001. 2. To study demographic characteristics of the target groups 3. To study service utilization behaviors of the target groups. Methods: This was a retrospective community-based descriptive study sample size was 1,422 individuals, 7 provinces were randomly selected. Lists of self-harmed individuals' name and addresses in each province were collected from medical records, death certificates, police's reports, community leaders and public health workers. The lists were checked for any duplication and then the final lists of target individuals were formed. Trained nurses and public health officers then conducted interviews by using the tested self-harm and suicidal behavior questionnaire. Results: It was shown that the incidence of self-harm behaviors in 2001 was 51.5 per 100,000 populations (95% C.I=49.5,53.9). Suicide rate was 8.2 per 100,000 populations (95% C.I = 6.5,9.9) Rate of repeated self-harm behaviors was 5.5 per 100,000 (95% C.I.4.4,5.8) Repeated self-harm occurred within 3 months and more than 2 years after the former conducts (31 and 28% consecutively). Stimulating factors were "being condemned" (38%) "love affair problems" (19%) and "chronic illnesses, injury and disability" (11%) consecutively. The major method used to harm oneself was "chemical ingestion" (46%) Most of them had no plan before committing self-harm (81%) Male and female were equally committing (51% and 49%) The most frequent age group was 20-39 years old (57%) Most of them had never been treated at psychiatric clinics or hospitals (895), never harmed oneself before (81%), did not ask anyone for assistance (77%) Most of them were brought to community hospitals after the incidence (66%).

Keywords: suicidal behavior, suicide, depression, depress, epidemic, epidemiology

ปีที่เผยแพร่/Year: 2003

Address: Khon Kaen Rajanagarindra Psychiatric Hospital

Code: 0000933

ISSN/ISBN: -

Country of publication: Thailand.

Language: English.

Category: Paper.

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