Factors influencing suicide in older rural males: a review of Australian studies&#x0D;

Crnek-Georgeson, Kylie; Wilson, Leigh; Page, Andrew

doi:10.22605/rrh4020

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“…Some studies have attempted to explain the phenomenon of suicide associated with temperature in greater depth. A recent systematic review undertaken on people with suicide attempts in rural areas found that in five studies, summer water shortages were associated with high stress levels and suicide attempts due, for example, to reduced services, lower land values, and unemployment (Crnek-Georgeson, Wilson, & Page, 2017).…”

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Tendency and seasonality of suicide in Chihuahua, México. A retrospective analysis from 2008 to 2018

Fernández-López¹,

Hernández-Montes²,

Reza³

et al. 2021

Salud Ment

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Introduction. Suicide has shown an international and national trend to increase, mainly in young people, together with seasonal behavior associated with high temperatures. Although Chihuahua saw the highest number of suicides and suicide attempts in 2016, there are no studies documenting their seasonal and trend behavior. Objective. This study sought to analyze the trend and seasonality of completed suicides in the state of Chihuahua from 2008 to 2018. Method. The number of deaths from intentionally self-inflicted injuries was obtained from INEGI. The absolute suicide rate was estimated, and a time series model applied to identify its trend and seasonality. In addition, environmental temperature was used as a predictor variable for the number of suicides through a Poisson model. Results. A trend was found in the completed suicide rate from 2008 to 2018 in men and women, both separately and together (stationary R2 .73, .66 and .69, respectively), together with seasonality in both sexes (p < .002), with the highest figures being recorded in June and July. An increase of 1,028 suicides was found for every 1°C rise in temperature. In the 10-24 and 25-34 age groups, a linear increase in the suicide rate was observed during the period studied (R² > .7, p = .001). Discussion and conclusion. Between 2008 and 2018, the suicide rate increased in the state of Chihuahua, mainly among those aged between 10 and 34. Moreover, suicide rates tend to increase during the months of June and July because of temperature.

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Tendency and seasonality of suicide in Chihuahua, México. A retrospective analysis from 2008 to 2018

Fernández-López¹,

Hernández-Montes²,

Reza³

et al. 2021

Salud Ment

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“…Research findings do suggest, however, that there is a significant "rural-urban" general health status differential (as outlined above) with a number of key/focal health issues in rural and particularly remote areas requiring special attention and intervention. For example, a higher prevalence of comorbid mental health Substance Use Disorders (including alcohol) has been foundincluding, most recently, higher levels of opioid addiction (Barbour 2017) and higher levels of attempted and completed suicide (Crnek-Georgeson et al 2017;Kennedy et al 2014). The 2017 Report of the Royal Flying Doctors Service (RFDS) confirmed these trends, indicating that farmers, young men, older people, and indigenous Australians in remote areas are at greatest risk of completing suicide, with residents in very remote locations almost twice as likely as those in major cities to die from suicide (Bishop et al 2017).…”

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“…Suicide rates in rural communities are consistently higher than in urban communities (Crnek-Georgeson et al 2017;Kennedy et al 2014), with an average rate of 17 per 100,000 in rural and remote communities compared to 13 per 100,000 in urban localities. As outlined above, risk factors include higher levels of alcohol and other drug (A&OD) consumption, social pressures unique to the bush (e.g., higher rates of unemployment), changes in community infrastructure (e.g., bank closures), decline in prosperity and economic collapse of farms in Australiawith a 25% reduction in farm numbers having occurred in the past 25 years (Jones 2017).…”

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Integrated Primary Mental Health Care in Rural and Remote Contexts: The Australian Experience

Vines¹,

Wilson²

2021

Handbook of Rural, Remote, and Very Remote Mental Health

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There is a growing burden of disease nationally and internationally from mental illness, both as a stand-alone problem and also comorbid with the growing epidemic of chronic, non-communicable diseases. The advent of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 and ongoing climate change sequelae have exacerbated these mental health risks exponentially, creating massive service delivery dilemmas globally. In many countries, people in regional and particularly rural

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“…Suicide among older adults is associated with physical health (Conwell, Duberstein, & Caine, 2002; Harwood, Hawton, Hope, Harriss, & Jacoby, 2006; Karbeyaz, Celikel, Emiral, & Emiral, 2017), mental disorder (Chiu et al., 2004; Karbeyaz et al., 2017; Wærn et al., 2002; Yeh, Ng, & Wu, 2017), and some socioeconomic factors (Crnek-Georgeson, Wilson, & Page, 2017; Karbeyaz et al., 2017; Liu, Qin, & Jia, 2018; Torresani, Toffol, Scocco, & Fanolla, 2014). Social support, as an important protective factor for various socioeconomic factors, has a significantly negative influence on suicide (Hollingsworth et al., 2018; Kleiman & Liu, 2013; Kleiman, Riskind, & Schaefer, 2014; Poudel-Tandukar et al., 2011; Zadravec Sedivy, Podlogar, Kerr, & De Leo, 2017).…”

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Psychometric Characteristics of Duke Social Support Index Among Elderly Suicide in Rural China

Pan

Zhou

et al. 2018

Omega (Westport)

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We recruited 242 elderly suicides and 242 controls above 60 years to conduct face-to-face interviews by psychological autopsy to examine the psychometric characteristics of the Duke Social Support Index (DSSI) in rural China. DSSI had high internal consistency, with Cronbach’s αs of .89 and .90 in suicides and controls, respectively. DSSI was significantly and negatively correlated to loneliness in both samples. Confirmatory factor analysis basically supported the original structure of DSSI, but Item 4 had low factor loading in controls. In conclusion, DSSI has satisfactory reliability and acceptable validity in evaluating social support in the elderly suicide study in China.

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Factors influencing suicide in older rural males: a review of Australian studies

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References 23 publications

Tendency and seasonality of suicide in Chihuahua, México. A retrospective analysis from 2008 to 2018

Tendency and seasonality of suicide in Chihuahua, México. A retrospective analysis from 2008 to 2018

Integrated Primary Mental Health Care in Rural and Remote Contexts: The Australian Experience

Psychometric Characteristics of Duke Social Support Index Among Elderly Suicide in Rural China

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