Mental disorders and socioeconomic status: impact on population risk of attempted suicide in Australia | NOVA. The University of Newcastle's Digital Repository

Home

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/806431

Title: Mental disorders and socioeconomic status: impact on population risk of attempted suicide in Australia
Author/Creator: Page, Andrew; Taylor, Richard; Hall, Wayne; Carter, Gregory
Institution: The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Health, School of Medicine and Public Health
Description: The population attributable risk (PAR) of mental disorders compared to indicators of socioeconomic status (SES) for attempted suicide was estimated for Australia. For mental disorders, the highest PAR% for attempted suicide was for anxiety disorders (males 28%; females 36%). For SES, the highest PAR% for attempted suicide in males was for occupation (males 31%; females 16%) and education level (males 19%; females 8%), following adjustment for age and mental disorders. The study results suggest that one third of suicide attempts in both males and females are attributable to anxiety disorders, the same proportion attributable to low educational or occupational status.
Relation: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior Vol. 39, Issue 5, p. 471-481
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1521/suli.2009.39.5.471
Date: 2009
Publisher: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Keyword(s): deliberate self harm; randomized controlled trial; personality disorders; comorbidity; suicide; Australia
Resource Type: journal article
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/806431
Identifier: ISSN:0363-0234

54 Visitors

58 Hits

NOVA. The University of Newcastle's Digital Repository