In:
British Journal of Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Vol. 195, No. 5 ( 2009-11), p. 459-460
Abstract:
All suicides ( n =12 497) in Taiwan in 2001–2004 were identified from mortality records retrieved from the National Health Insurance Database. Altogether, 95.1% of females and 84.9% of males had been in contact with healthcare services in the year before their death. Females received significantly more diagnoses of psychiatric disorders (48.0% v. 30.2%) and major depression (17.8% v. 7.4%) than males. Such differences were consistent across different medical settings where contact with hospital-based non-psychiatric physicians was as common as with general practitioners (GPs). However, diagnoses of psychiatric disorders were underdiagnosed in both genders.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0007-1250
,
1472-1465
DOI:
10.1192/bjp.bp.108.053728
Language:
English
Publisher:
Royal College of Psychiatrists
Publication Date:
2009
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2021500-9
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