Method of suicide in the mentally III: A national clinical survey

Isabelle M. Hunt; Nicola Swinson; Ben Palmer; Pauline Turnbull; Jayne Cooper; David While; Kirsten Windfuhr; Jenny Shaw; Louis Appleby; Navneet Kapur

doi:10.1521/suli.2010.40.1.22

Method of suicide in the mentally III: A national clinical survey

Isabelle M. Hunt, Nicola Swinson, Ben Palmer, Pauline Turnbull, Jayne Cooper, David While, Kirsten Windfuhr, Jenny Shaw, Louis Appleby, Navneet Kapur

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Comparisons of psychiatric patients who die by suicide using different methods are scarce. We aimed to establish the methods of suicide used by those who are currently or have recently been in contact with mental health services in England and Wales (N = 6,203), and describe the social and clinical characteristics of suicides by different methods. We found that hanging, self-poisoning, and jumping (from a height or in front of a moving vehicle) were the most common methods of suicide, accounting for 79% of all deaths. The implications of these and other findings are discussed. © 2010 The American Association of Suicidology.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	22-34
Number of pages	12
Journal	Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
Volume	40
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1521/suli.2010.40.1.22
Publication status	Published - Feb 2010

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