Self-Reported Mental Health Versus Psychotropic Medication Record as A Predictor of Suicide: A Record Linkage Study
Introduction Both rates of self-reported mental ill-health and the number of individuals in receipt of psychotropic medications are increasing. Research suggests that poor mental health is a major predictor of death by suicide, but measuring individual level mental ill-health can be difficult. Ob...
Main Authors: | Ifeoma N Onyeka, Aideen Maguire, Dermot O'Reilly |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Swansea University
2020-12-01
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Series: | International Journal of Population Data Science |
Online Access: | https://ijpds.org/article/view/1435 |
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