title: Religious beliefs along the suicidal path in northern Taiwan.
abstract: This study aimed to understand the current inclinations toward depression and compulsion for members of four different religious groups, and to predict religious beliefs along the suicide path through analyzing the lifetime prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts for members of these religious groups. Participants in this cross-sectional study, which adopted purposive sampling, were members of Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, and Taoism in northern Taiwan. In the case of suicide experiences, suicides among people one knows, and tendency toward compulsion and depression, there are statistical differences between the four religions. According to the results, some people with suicidal tendency will attend religious activities; therefore, we predict that religious beliefs play an important role in suicide prevention.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Suicide Prevention Center, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan. fang0415@yahoo.com.tw
authors.forename: Chun-Kai
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Hsin-Chin
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: Shen-ing
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yi-Wen
authors.initials: YW
authors.lastname: Sun
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001293:Attitude to Death; D002016:Buddhism / Q000523:psychology*; D002410:Catholicism / Q000523:psychology; D002835:Christianity / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009042:Motivation; D012069:Religion and Psychology; D012072:Religious Philosophies / Q000523:psychology*; D012931:Social Environment; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017236:Suicide, Assisted / Q000523:psychology; D013624:Taiwan; D055815:Young Adult; D000092864:Suicide Prevention