Mental Health Treatment Seeking and History of Suicidal Thoughts Among Suicide Decedents by Mechanism, 2003-2018.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding mental health and substance use treatment seeking and suicidality among suicide decedents is important to determine prevention efforts.

Objective

To evaluate differences in treatment seeking and suicidality between suicide decedents who died by firearms and those who died by other methods.

Design, setting, and participants

Cross-sectional data were collected on 234 652 suicide decedents from 2003 to 2018. Participant information was reported by their state of residence to the National Violent Death Reporting System. Statistical analysis was performed from July 1, 2021, to January 21, 2022.

Main outcomes and measures

Main outcomes were treatment for mental health and substance use at time of death, previous treatment for mental health an

SUBMITTER: Bond AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9907334 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature