title: Psychosocial and psychiatric aspects of suicide completers with unmanageable debt: a psychological autopsy study.
abstract: This study examined the psychosocial and psychiatric features of 16 Japanese suicide completers with unmanageable debt compared with 23 suicide completers without such debt at time of death, using a psychological autopsy method. The individuals with unmanageable debt were more likely to have been self-employed and to have experienced divorce. They were less likely to have engaged in help-seeking behavior, despite having mental health problems. Our findings suggest that providing comprehensive support and promoting help-seeking behavior may be important for suicide prevention in middle-aged men.
authors: The Institute of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Humanities and Sciences, Nihon University, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. akikokameyama@gmail.com
authors: Akiko
authors: A
authors: Kameyama
authors: Toshihiko
authors: T
authors: Matsumoto
authors: Yotaro
authors: Y
authors: Katsumata
authors: Masato
authors: M
authors: Akazawa
authors: Masahiko
authors: M
authors: Kitani
authors: Seiko
authors: S
authors: Hirokawa
authors: Tadashi
authors: T
authors: Takeshima
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D012940:Social Problems / Q000523:psychology*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology*