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Female suicides: Psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics identified by a psychological autopsy study in Japan

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Although the female suicide rate in Japan is one of the highest among OECD countries, little has been done to assess the psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics of Japanese female suicide… Click to show full abstract

Although the female suicide rate in Japan is one of the highest among OECD countries, little has been done to assess the psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics of Japanese female suicide completers. This study aimed to examine sex differences in psychosocial and psychiatric characteristics of suicide completers using a psychological autopsy study method, and to identify female suicide factors and intervention points to prevent female suicides.

Keywords: psychiatric characteristics; psychological autopsy; autopsy study; psychosocial psychiatric; female suicides

Journal Title: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences
Year Published: 2017

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