title: Changes in the frequency and clinical features of suicide attempts in the midwestern area of Kanagawa after the great East Japan earthquake.
abstract: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between the clinical features of suicide attempts and the Great East Japan earthquake in Kanagawa. We enrolled 592 patients who attempted suicide and were hospitalized for inpatient treatment. Clinical features were compared between before the earthquake (A) and after the earthquake (B) groups. The number of suicide attempts increased from 286 to 306. The rate of increase in suicide attempts in men was the highest in the age group of 40-59 years. The frequency of joblessness, family psychiatric histories, precipitating event, and alcohol intake at suicide attempt was significantly higher in the B group than in the A group. The number of patients in serious condition in the B group was significantly higher than that in the A group. Other clinical features related to suicide in people who were indirectly affected by the earthquake disaster should be investigated to develop targeted prevention strategies.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Tokai University School of Medicine, 143 Shimokasuya, Isehara-shi, Kanagawa, 259-1143, Japan.
authors: Koji
authors: K
authors: Kato
authors: Katsunaka
authors: K
authors: Mikami
authors: Keitaro
authors: K
authors: Kimoto
authors: Kousuke
authors: K
authors: Kimoto
authors: Yuki
authors: Y
authors: Takahashi
authors: Reiko
authors: R
authors: Sato
authors: Hideo
authors: H
authors: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D017678:Sex Distribution; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014478:Unemployment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
keywords: Japan; Tohoku; earthquake; forensic science; natural disaster; suicide attempts