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ASIAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHIATRY
Volume 29, Issue -, Pages 136-141Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2017.05.008
Keywords
Youth suicides; Medical lethality; Suicide risk; Protective factors
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- James Cook University Internal Research Grant [CRT/2016/30]
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This study explores youth suicide attempts in Singapore using multiple databases of comprehensive archival records. Three years of medical records related to suicide attempters (N = 666) who were admitted to the emergency department of a large teaching hospital in Singapore were subjected to retrospective analysis. Compared to other age groups, a peak in suicide attempts (n = 207) was observed in youths aged between 15 and 24 years old (76.3% females; 23.7% males, mean age = 19.30, SD = 2.89). The model using recognized risk and protective factors was significant in predicting medical lethality, and correctly classified 62.8% of high lethality cases. Only resolution of precipitant made a unique statistical significant contribution. Analysis was separately conducted for males and females. Implications of the findings are discussed.
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