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Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family

OBJECTIVE: To analyse the epidemiological data on suicide in French Polynesia (FP). METHODS: Data on suicides were collected from the Public Health Direction, Judicial Police Investigations Court of Justice records, the Centre d’Opérations et de Renseignements de la Gendarmerie, patient records for...

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Autores principales: Amadéo, Stephane, Rereao, Moerani, Vanquin David, Germaine, Nguyen, NgocLam, Séguin, Monique, Beauchamp, Guy, Favro, Patrick, Trouche, Heimana, Malogne, Aurélia, Goodfellow, Benjamin, Gokalsing, Erick, Spodenkiewicz, Michel, Sy, Aminata, Bocage-Barthélémy, Yvana, Sebti, Johan, Tuheiava, Annie, Jehel, Louis, De Leo, Diego
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34521240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605211003452
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author Amadéo, Stephane
Rereao, Moerani
Vanquin David, Germaine
Nguyen, NgocLam
Séguin, Monique
Beauchamp, Guy
Favro, Patrick
Trouche, Heimana
Malogne, Aurélia
Goodfellow, Benjamin
Gokalsing, Erick
Spodenkiewicz, Michel
Sy, Aminata
Bocage-Barthélémy, Yvana
Sebti, Johan
Tuheiava, Annie
Jehel, Louis
De Leo, Diego
author_facet Amadéo, Stephane
Rereao, Moerani
Vanquin David, Germaine
Nguyen, NgocLam
Séguin, Monique
Beauchamp, Guy
Favro, Patrick
Trouche, Heimana
Malogne, Aurélia
Goodfellow, Benjamin
Gokalsing, Erick
Spodenkiewicz, Michel
Sy, Aminata
Bocage-Barthélémy, Yvana
Sebti, Johan
Tuheiava, Annie
Jehel, Louis
De Leo, Diego
author_sort Amadéo, Stephane
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description OBJECTIVE: To analyse the epidemiological data on suicide in French Polynesia (FP). METHODS: Data on suicides were collected from the Public Health Direction, Judicial Police Investigations Court of Justice records, the Centre d’Opérations et de Renseignements de la Gendarmerie, patient records for those hospitalized in psychiatry and from psychological autopsies. RESULTS: The dataset consisted of 316 suicide cases in FP over 25 years (1992–2016). In FP, suicide was more frequent in men (sex ratio 3.2:1), young people (mean age, 34.4 years) and individuals with previously diagnosed psychiatric disorders (100 of 316; 31.6%) The most common method of suicide was hanging (276 of 316; 87.3%). A history of previous suicide attempts was found in 25 of 56 (44.6%) of suicide cases, when documented. The most common potential triggering factors for suicide were emotional problems. The suicide rates have remained stable during 1992–2016 (mean 10.6/100 000 inhabitants per year), with periods of economic crises increasing suicide rates. CONCLUSIONS: These results provide valuable information to enable the effective targeting of suicide prevention strategies toward those at high risk. Economic crises had larger impacts in the French overseas territories than mainland France. Given the unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in FP, there is an urgent need to implement suicide epidemiological surveillance and prevention programmes.
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spelling pubmed-84471082021-09-18 Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family Amadéo, Stephane Rereao, Moerani Vanquin David, Germaine Nguyen, NgocLam Séguin, Monique Beauchamp, Guy Favro, Patrick Trouche, Heimana Malogne, Aurélia Goodfellow, Benjamin Gokalsing, Erick Spodenkiewicz, Michel Sy, Aminata Bocage-Barthélémy, Yvana Sebti, Johan Tuheiava, Annie Jehel, Louis De Leo, Diego J Int Med Res Retrospective Clinical Research Report OBJECTIVE: To analyse the epidemiological data on suicide in French Polynesia (FP). METHODS: Data on suicides were collected from the Public Health Direction, Judicial Police Investigations Court of Justice records, the Centre d’Opérations et de Renseignements de la Gendarmerie, patient records for those hospitalized in psychiatry and from psychological autopsies. RESULTS: The dataset consisted of 316 suicide cases in FP over 25 years (1992–2016). In FP, suicide was more frequent in men (sex ratio 3.2:1), young people (mean age, 34.4 years) and individuals with previously diagnosed psychiatric disorders (100 of 316; 31.6%) The most common method of suicide was hanging (276 of 316; 87.3%). A history of previous suicide attempts was found in 25 of 56 (44.6%) of suicide cases, when documented. The most common potential triggering factors for suicide were emotional problems. The suicide rates have remained stable during 1992–2016 (mean 10.6/100 000 inhabitants per year), with periods of economic crises increasing suicide rates. CONCLUSIONS: These results provide valuable information to enable the effective targeting of suicide prevention strategies toward those at high risk. Economic crises had larger impacts in the French overseas territories than mainland France. Given the unprecedented economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic in FP, there is an urgent need to implement suicide epidemiological surveillance and prevention programmes. SAGE Publications 2021-09-14 /pmc/articles/PMC8447108/ /pubmed/34521240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605211003452 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/Creative Commons Non Commercial CC BY-NC: This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
spellingShingle Retrospective Clinical Research Report
Amadéo, Stephane
Rereao, Moerani
Vanquin David, Germaine
Nguyen, NgocLam
Séguin, Monique
Beauchamp, Guy
Favro, Patrick
Trouche, Heimana
Malogne, Aurélia
Goodfellow, Benjamin
Gokalsing, Erick
Spodenkiewicz, Michel
Sy, Aminata
Bocage-Barthélémy, Yvana
Sebti, Johan
Tuheiava, Annie
Jehel, Louis
De Leo, Diego
Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family
title Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family
title_full Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family
title_fullStr Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family
title_full_unstemmed Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family
title_short Suicide in French Polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family
title_sort suicide in french polynesia: a retrospective analysis based on medicolegal documents and interview with family
topic Retrospective Clinical Research Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8447108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34521240
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/03000605211003452
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