Am J Psychiatry 1988; 145:718-722
Copyright © 1988 by American Psychiatric Association
Some differences between men and women who commit suicide
CL Rich, JE Ricketts, RC Fowler and D Young
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.
Men have persistently had a several-fold higher suicide rate than women. In
this study of 204 consecutive suicides, the authors examined three areas in
which the men differed from the women. Men used more violent, immediately
lethal methods of suicide, were almost three times more likely to be
substance abusers, and were more likely to have economic problems as
stressors. The authors conclude that while the difference in suicide rate
between men and women is complexly determined, the weight of the evidence
suggests that more men than women intend to commit suicide.
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