title: Suicide following parasuicide in Singapore.
abstract: Suicide was attempted by 1641 people (502 males and 1139 females) in Singapore during 1980. Eleven of these committed suicide during the following three years, giving a suicide rate of 0.67%. Of the eleven suicides, five had schizophrenia and three depression. The risk of suicide in the year following attempted suicide is lower in Singapore (0.5%) than in Britain (1.6%). High risk factors for the Singapore patients were being Chinese, being male, and having a mental illness.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore.
authors.forename: W F
authors.initials: WF
authors.lastname: Tsoi
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Kua
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D016728:Self-Injurious Behavior; D012846:Singapore; D013405:Suicide / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology