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Suicide Following Parasuicide in Singapore

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

W. F. Tsoi  and
E. H. Kua
W. F. Tsoi*
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore
E. H. Kua
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, National University of Singapore
*
Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Lower Kent Ridge Road, Singapore 0511
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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.

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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 151 , Issue 4 , October 1987 , pp. 543 - 545
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1987 

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