Suicide

Scientists at Yale University publish research in suicide

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, September 26th, 2008

According to recent research from the United States, "The objective of this study was to explore correlates of the use of firearms to commit suicide. A national sample of psychiatric patients discharged from Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers was followed from the time of discharge until December 1999."

"The study explores state-level measures as correlates of overall suicide and suicide by firearm, controlling for individual sociodemographic characteristics and psychiatric diagnosis. The outcomes of interest were completed suicide and suicide by firearm. Patients who were male, Caucasian, and who had a diagnosis of substance abuse or post-traumatic stress...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2008-09-26)

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