Suicide among those who use mental health services: Suicide risk factors as evidenced from contact-based characteristics in Victoria.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The majority of suicide decedents have had contact with health services in the months before their death. Contacts for mental health services present potential suicide prevention opportunities. This study aims to compare contact-based characteristics among suicide decedents and living controls in the year subsequent to clinical mental health contact with the public health system in Victoria, Australia.

Methods

A population-based nested case-control study of those who had mental health-related hospital and community contacts with the public health system was conducted. Cases (suicide decedents) were age and gender-matched to living controls (suicide non-decedents). These records were linked to records of suicides that occurred in the 12 months following the health s

SUBMITTER: Fernando T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9772269 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature