Perinatal risk factors for suicide in young adults in Taiwan

Chen, Ying‐Yeh; Gunnell, David; Lu, Chin Li; Chang, Shu‐Sen; Lu, Tsung Hsueh; Li, Chung‐Yi

doi:10.1093/ije/dyt129

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“…Reporting of births and deaths is mandatory in Taiwan. Hence, the records in the National Birth Registry and National Death Certification Registry are comprehensive, with appropriate validity . We also obtained data on the marital status and educational level of residents updated at the end of each year from the Household Registration Database in Taiwan.…”

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Do stillbirth, miscarriage, and termination of pregnancy increase risks of attempted and completed suicide within a year? A population‐based nested case–control study

Weng

Chang

Yeh

et al. 2018

BJOG

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Do stillbirth, miscarriage, and termination of pregnancy increase risks of attempted and completed suicide within a year? A population‐based nested case–control study

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Chang

Yeh

et al. 2018

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“…Family SES was measured by paternal educational attainment. A recent study from Taiwan has shown that paternal educational attainment is more sensitive than the maternal educational attainment in predicting mental health outcomes [33]. …”

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Parent-child discrepancies in the report of adolescent emotional and behavioral problems in Taiwan

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Lee

et al. 2017

PLoS ONE

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The majority of studies on parent-child discrepancies in the assessment of adolescent emotional and behavioral problems have been conducted in Western countries. It is believed that parent-adolescent agreement would be higher in societies with a strong culture of familism. We examined whether parent-adolescent discrepancies in the rating of adolescent emotional and behavioral problems are related to parental and family factors in Taiwan. Participants included 1,421 child-parent pairs of 7th-grade students from 12 middle schools in Northern Taiwan and their parents. We calculated Pearson’s correlation coefficients to assess the relationship between parental (Child Behavior Checklist, CBCL) and adolescent (Youth Self Report, YSR) report of emotional/behavioral problem syndromes. Regression models were used to assess parent-adolescent differences in relation to parental psychopathology and family factors. We found that parent-adolescent agreement was moderate (r = 0.37). Adolescents reported higher symptom scores than their parents (Mean Total Problem Score: CBCL: 20.79, YSR: 33.14). Parental psychopathology was related to higher parental ratings and better informant agreement. Parents with higher socioeconomic status (SES) tended to report lower scores for adolescent problem syndromes, resulting in higher levels of disagreement. Greater maternal care was related to higher parent-adolescent agreement. Based on our study findings, we conclude that familism values do not seem to improve parent-child agreement in the assessment of adolescent problem syndromes. The finding that higher SES was related to increased discrepancies speaks to the need to explore the culture-specific mechanisms giving rise to informant discrepancies.

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“…The data used in this nested case–control study were collected for the period 2000–2012 from the Health and Welfare Data Science Center (HWDC), Ministry of Health and Welfare, Taiwan, which is linked to the National Birth Registry, National Death Certification Registry, and National Health Insurance Research Database (NHIRD) by national identification numbers. In Taiwan, all birth and death information must be recorded in the Birth Registry and Death Certification Registry, and this information has been evaluated and determined to be valid and complete 18 19 20 . The Birth Registry contains information on various birth characteristics that was filed by hospitals after maternal delivery, including sex, birth weight, gestational age, whether the birth was single or multiple, birth order, and the physical condition of the mother and infant.…”

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Factors influencing attempted and completed suicide in postnatal women: A population-based study in Taiwan

Weng

Chang

Yeh

et al. 2016

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The aims of study were to investigate risk factors associated with attempted and completed suicide. This nested case–control study was conducted using the medical and death data of nearly all pregnant women for the period 2002–2012 in Taiwan. A total of 139 cases of attempted suicide and 95 cases of completed suicide were identified; for each case, 10 controls were randomly selected and matched to the cases according to age and year of delivery. A conditional logistic regression model was used. The mean attempted and completed suicide rates were 9.91 and 6.86 per 100,000 women with live births, respectively. Never having married and postpartum depression also increased the risk of attempted suicide (OR = 2.06; 95% CI = 1.09–3.88 and OR = 2.51; 95% CI = 1.10–5.75, respectively) and completed suicide (OR = 20.27; 95% CI = 8.99–45.73 and OR = 21.72; 95% CI = 8.08–58.37, respectively). Other factors for attempted suicide included being widowed or divorced, and having a caesarean delivery or suicide history. Other factors for completed suicide included lower education level, low infant birth weight, and diagnosis of anxiety or mood disorder. These results suggest that people should appropriately assess potential risk factors and provide assistance for postnatal women to reduce the occurrence of suicide events.

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Perinatal risk factors for suicide in young adults in Taiwan

Abstract: Our findings provide support for the results of European studies, suggesting that early life social circumstances influence future risk of suicide. Factors specific to Taiwanese culture, such as a preference for male offspring, may have influenced gender-specific patterns of risk.

Cited by 14 publications

References 30 publications

Do stillbirth, miscarriage, and termination of pregnancy increase risks of attempted and completed suicide within a year? A population‐based nested case–control study

Do stillbirth, miscarriage, and termination of pregnancy increase risks of attempted and completed suicide within a year? A population‐based nested case–control study

Parent-child discrepancies in the report of adolescent emotional and behavioral problems in Taiwan

Factors influencing attempted and completed suicide in postnatal women: A population-based study in Taiwan

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