title: Method of suicide in the mentally ill: a national clinical survey.
abstract: Comparisons of psychiatric patients who die by suicide using different methods are scarce. We aimed to establish the methods of suicide used by those who are currently or have recently been in contact with mental health services in England and Wales (N = 6,203), and describe the social and clinical characteristics of suicides by different methods. We found that hanging, self-poisoning, and jumping (from a height or in front of a moving vehicle) were the most common methods of suicide, accounting for 79% of all deaths. The implications of these and other findings are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Suicide Prevention, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, Lancashire, United Kingdom. Isabelle.m.hunt@manchester.ac.uk
authors.forename: Isabelle M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Swinson
authors.forename: Ben
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.forename: Pauline
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Turnbull
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: While
authors.forename: Kirsten
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Windfuhr
authors.forename: Jenny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Louis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Appleby
authors.forename: Navneet
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kapur
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology; D055815:Young Adult