https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/585753
Title: | Gender and age differences among youth, in utilization of mental health services in the year preceding suicide in Taiwan | Authors: | Chang H.-J. Lai Y.-L. Chang C.-M. Kao C.-C. Shyu M.-L. MING-BEEN LEE |
Keywords: | Adolescent; Medical service utilization; Suicide; Young adult | Issue Date: | 2012 | Journal Volume: | 48 | Journal Issue: | 6 | Start page/Pages: | 771-780 | Source: | Community Mental Health Journal | Abstract: | The primary objective of this study was to explore gender and age differences in the use of medical services during the year preceding suicide. Data were obtained from the mortality dataset of Department of Health and National Health Insurance Database. Included in the sample were 862 persons aged 12-24 years who committed suicide in Taiwan between 2001 and 2004. We compared the records of medical service utilization of adolescents (ages 12-18 years) with young adults (ages 19-24 years). Persons in both age groups contacted general practitioners more often than other types of medical providers in the year preceding suicide, with the exception of the month before suicide. Females made greater use of medical services than males in both age groups. Suicide prevention strategies should increase the emphasis in training non-psychiatric medical practitioners to identify and treat young persons at suicide risk. ? Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011. |
URI: | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84873739441&doi=10.1007%2fs10597-011-9470-1&partnerID=40&md5=eaf222ac9b5471bf0133ad833f0e05be https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/585753 |
ISSN: | 103853 | DOI: | 10.1007/s10597-011-9470-1 | SDG/Keyword: | adolescent; adult; article; child; comparative study; female; human; male; medical record; mental disease; mental health service; mental hospital; psychological aspect; retrospective study; sex difference; sex ratio; sexual development; socioeconomics; statistics; suicide; Taiwan; utilization review; Adolescent; Child; Female; Hospitals, Psychiatric; Humans; Male; Medical Record Linkage; Mental Disorders; Mental Health Services; Retrospective Studies; Sex Characteristics; Sex Distribution; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Suicide; Taiwan; Young Adult |
Appears in Collections: | 醫學院附設醫院 (臺大醫院) |
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