Factors influencing coroners' verdicts: an analysis of verdicts given in 12 coroners’ districts to researcher-defined suicides in England in 2005

Palmer, Bret S.; Bennewith, Olive; Simkin, Sue; Cooper, Jayne; Hawton, Keith; Kapur, Navneet; Gunnell, David

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdu024

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“…Possible underreporting of suicides as accidental or undetermined on aggregate level has shown to differ by gender and age and also at the country level [17]. Underreporting may contribute differently to different suicide methods as it has been found to be associated with the coroners' suicide verdict with hanging being most likely to receive suicide verdict [18]. A study focussing on medical practitioners in USA showed that 79 % had specific factors they considered in determining accident over suicide as a cause of death in children, most commonly considered where there was no evidence of suicidal behaviour/intent, and a history of playing choking games and age (the minimum age of considering suicide verdict varied from 2 to 12 years) [19].…”

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Suicide methods in children and adolescents

Kõlves

Leo

2016

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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There are notable differences in suicide methods between countries. The aim of this paper is to analyse and describe suicide methods in children and adolescents aged 10-19 years in different countries/territories worldwide. Suicide data by ICD-10 X codes were obtained from the WHO Mortality Database and population data from the World Bank. In total, 101 countries or territories, have data at least for 5 years in 2000-2009. Cluster analysis by suicide methods was performed for countries/territories with at least 10 suicide cases separately by gender (74 for males and 71 for females) in 2000-2009. The most frequent suicide method was hanging, followed by poisoning by pesticides for females and firearms for males. Cluster analyses of similarities in the country/territory level suicide method patterns by gender identified four clusters for both gender. Hanging and poisoning by pesticides defined the clusters of countries/territories by their suicide patterns in youth for both genders. In addition, a mixed method and a jumping from height cluster were identified for females and two mixed method clusters for males. A number of geographical similarities were observed. Overall, the patterns of suicide methods in children and adolescents reflect lethality, availability and acceptability of suicide means similarly to country specific patterns of all ages. Means restriction has very good potential in preventing youth suicides in different countries. It is also crucial to consider cognitive availability influenced by sensationalised media reporting and/or provision of technical details about specific methods.

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Suicide methods in children and adolescents

Kõlves

Leo

2016

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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“…Studies that included open verdicts were regarded as being of higher quality because of evidence that open-verdict cases are often regarded as suicides by researchers. 14,15…”

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Suicide Rates After Discharge From Psychiatric Facilities

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“…Further, as suicide rates in most countries are elevated among men (in some regions the rate is four times higher among men than women), the lower number of events for women may mean that some studies were underpowered to detect urban-rural variations in female suicide rates. Lower suicide rates in women, overall, may also be attributable to the fact that women are more likely to receive an open verdict than suicide on their death certificate, 228,229 highlighting the need for careful definition of the outcome measure used in an epidemiological enquiry into variation in suicide rates.…”

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Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions

Solmi¹,

Dykxhoorn²,

Kirkbride³

2017

Mental Health and Illness in the City

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is a Research Associate in psychiatric epidemiology in the PsyLife group, Division of Psychiatry, UCL. She is interested in researching life course risk factors of various mental health problems in childhood, adolescence and young adulthood as well as ways to improve access to mental health services. Jennifer Dykxhoorn is a PhD student in the PsyLife Lab, Division of Psychiatry, UCL. Her research focuses on social and spatial determinants of psychotic disorders. She has a background in public mental health policy, having previously worked for the Public Health Agency of Canada and Mental Health Commission of Canada. Dr James Kirkbride is a Reader in Epidemiology in the Division of Psychiatry, UCL. He specialises in investigating the determinants of excess risk of schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders experienced by urban populations and ethnic minority groups. He runs the PsyLife group (www.PsyLife.eu) in the Division of Psychiatry, UCL.

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Factors influencing coroners' verdicts: an analysis of verdicts given in 12 coroners’ districts to researcher-defined suicides in England in 2005

Abstract: Coroners vary considerably in the verdicts they give to individuals who probably died by suicide. This may compromise the usefulness of suicide statistics for assessing area differences in rates for public health surveillance.

Cited by 32 publications

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Suicide methods in children and adolescents

Suicide methods in children and adolescents

Suicide Rates After Discharge From Psychiatric Facilities

Urban-Rural Differences in Major Mental Health Conditions

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