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Table 2 Frequent suicidal behaviors (SBs) of the subjectsa

From: Psychiatric disorders and clinical correlates of suicidal patients admitted to a psychiatric hospital in Tokyo

 

SB prior to admission

SBs in the lifetime history

   

Method

Mumberb

 

N

%

N

%

Median

Range

Self-cutting

63

40.6

106

68.4

1

0-132

   Wrist or forearm

41

26.5

96

61.9

1

0-100

   Other part(s) of body

28

18.1

42

27.1

0

0-70

Overdosing

49

31.6

99

63.9

2

0-100

   Prescribed psychotropics

43

27.7

95

61.3

1

0-100

   Other prescribed medicine

4

2.6

5

3.2

0

0-30

   OTC medicine

8

4.5

14

9.0

0

0-6

Self-strangulation

23

14.8

37

23.9

0

0-20

   Hanging

12

7.7

25

16.1

0

0-20

   Other self-strangulation

11

7.1

13

8.4

0

0-10

Jumping from a height

18

11.6

45

29.0

0

0-13

Attempting traffic death

16

10.3

27

17.4

0

0-20

  1. SB: suicidal behavior
  2. a Significance level was set at 0.01 (0.05/5) since statistical tests were conducted for each of the 5 frequent SB methods shown in this table.
  3. b The SB immediately prior to admission was included.
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BMC Psychiatry

ISSN: 1471-244X

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