Table 2 Medical and criminal characteristics of H-S perpetrators
Variable | Total (125) | Male (76) | Female(49) | Statistics | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Consultation history due to mental problems | 0.173c | 0.904 | |||
 No, n (%) | 69 (55.2) | 41(54.9) | 28 (57.1) |  |  |
 Psychiatry Department, n (%) | 39 (31.2) | 24 (31.6) | 15 (30.6) |  |  |
 Other departments, n (%) | 17 (13.6) | 11 (14.5) | 6 (12.2) |  |  |
 Mental history, n (%) | 55 (44.0) | 35 (46.1) | 20 (40.8) | 1.062c | 0.745 |
Drug treatment experience | 2.661d | 0.209 | |||
 No, n (%) | 79 (63.2) | 44 (57.9) | 35 (71.4) |  |  |
 Irregular or stop taking the drugs, n (%) | 45 (36.0) | 31 (40.8) | 14 (28.6) |  |  |
 Regular medication, n (%) | 1 (0.8) | 1 (1.3) | 0 (0.0) |  |  |
Suicide history | 16.165c | < 0.001 | |||
 Attempted suicide, n (%) | 22 (17.6) | 12 (15.8) | 10 (20.4) |  |  |
 Suicide idea, n (%) | 36 (28.8) | 13 (17.1) | 23 (46.9) |  |  |
 No, n (%) | 67 (53.6) | 51 (67.1) | 16 (32.7) |  |  |
Current diagnoses | 20.411d | 0.001 | |||
 Organic mental disorders | 9 (7.2) | 7 (9.2) | 2 (4.1) |  |  |
 Schizophrenia | 31 (24.8) | 26 (34.2) | 5 (10.2) |  |  |
 Major depression | 52 (41.6) | 22 (28.9) | 30 (61.2) |  |  |
 Bipolar disorder | 10 (8.0) | 4 (5.3) | 6 (12.2) |  |  |
 Other2 | 10 (8.0) | 6 (7.9) | 4 (8.2) |  |  |
Suicide method | 6.861d | 0.229 | |||
 Cutting/stabbing | 43 (34.4) | 30 (39.5) | 13 (26.5) |  |  |
 Self-poisoning | 26 (20.8) | 15 (19.7) | 11 (22.4) |  |  |
 Drowning | 15 (12.0) | 5 (6.6) | 10 (20.4) |  |  |
 running head against the wall/jumping off a building | 11 (8.8) | 8 (10.5) | 3 (6.1) |  |  |
 Surrendered or Be stopped | 16 (12.8) | 10 (13.2) | 6 (12.2) |  |  |
 Other3 | 14 (11.2) | 8 (10.5) | 6 (12.2) |  |  |
Motivations of incomplete H-S | 59.657c | < 0.001 | |||
 Delirious altruism | 38 (30.4) | 5 (6.6) | 33 (67.3) |  |  |
 Hallucination/delusion | 29 (23.2) | 26 (34.2) | 3 (6.1) |  |  |
 Related with other mental states/Perpetrators’ primary suicide ideation | 14 (11.2) | 12 (10.5) | 2 (4.1) |  |  |
 Relationship breakdown/Anger after conflict/No specified | 15 (12.0) | 15 (19.7) | 0 (0.0) |  |  |
 Family problems | 29 (23.2) | 18 (23.7) | 11 (22.4) |  |  |
Circumstance associated with the HS | 2.517d | 0.485 | |||
 Financial problem | 18 (14.4) | 13 (17.1) | 5 (10.2) |  |  |
 Other relationship problem | 43 (34.4) | 24 (31.6) | 19 (38.8) |  |  |
 Physical health problem | 7 (5.6) | 3 (3.9) | 4 (8.2) |  |  |
Victims killed in an incident | 1.710d | 0.458 | |||
 1 | 94 (75.2) | 54 (71.1) | 40 (81.6) |  |  |
 2 | 23 (18.4) | 16 (21.1) | 7 (14.3) |  |  |
 ≥ 3 | 8 (6.4) | 6 (7.8) | 2 (4.1) |  |  |