Gunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.

BACKGROUND: Gunshot suicides account for 2.5% of suicides in England and Wales. This amounts to more than 100 deaths per year. Information about such deaths may assist in the development of suicide prevention strategies. METHOD: We have examined coroners' inquest records for all gunshot suicid...

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প্রধান লেখক: Sutton, L, Hawton, K, Simkin, S, Turnbull, P, Kapur, N, Bennewith, O, Gunnell, D
বিন্যাস: Journal article
ভাষা:English
প্রকাশিত: 2005
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author Sutton, L
Hawton, K
Simkin, S
Turnbull, P
Kapur, N
Bennewith, O
Gunnell, D
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Hawton, K
Simkin, S
Turnbull, P
Kapur, N
Bennewith, O
Gunnell, D
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description BACKGROUND: Gunshot suicides account for 2.5% of suicides in England and Wales. This amounts to more than 100 deaths per year. Information about such deaths may assist in the development of suicide prevention strategies. METHOD: We have examined coroners' inquest records for all gunshot suicides between 1st January 2000 and 31st December 2001 in 24 coroners' jurisdictions in England. RESULTS: Fifty-eight gunshot suicides were identified, including one homicide-suicide. Ninety-three per cent of cases were male. Sport or occupational usage was the main reason for owning the gun. Ten per cent were farmers or farm-workers. In 20% of cases the gun did not belong to the individual who used it for suicide. This was more likely in younger suicides. Seven (12.1%) individuals used illegally owned handguns. Large amounts of alcohol had been consumed before the act in nine cases. Nearly three-quarters (72.9%) of individuals with diagnostic information had a probable diagnosis of depression. However, only 22.4% had ever had contact with psychiatric services. Two shotgun certificate holders were under the care of psychiatric services at the time of their death and two others had a history of previous self-harm. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies to reduce the number of gunshot suicides need to focus on limiting access to guns. These include restricting access to guns by non-certificate holders and those who may be at increased risk of suicide, and holding regular gun amnesties.
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spelling oxford-uuid:f07f6be2-fdea-4d46-a95a-195d3a5f4e862022-03-27T11:48:21ZGunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:f07f6be2-fdea-4d46-a95a-195d3a5f4e86EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2005Sutton, LHawton, KSimkin, STurnbull, PKapur, NBennewith, OGunnell, D BACKGROUND: Gunshot suicides account for 2.5% of suicides in England and Wales. This amounts to more than 100 deaths per year. Information about such deaths may assist in the development of suicide prevention strategies. METHOD: We have examined coroners' inquest records for all gunshot suicides between 1st January 2000 and 31st December 2001 in 24 coroners' jurisdictions in England. RESULTS: Fifty-eight gunshot suicides were identified, including one homicide-suicide. Ninety-three per cent of cases were male. Sport or occupational usage was the main reason for owning the gun. Ten per cent were farmers or farm-workers. In 20% of cases the gun did not belong to the individual who used it for suicide. This was more likely in younger suicides. Seven (12.1%) individuals used illegally owned handguns. Large amounts of alcohol had been consumed before the act in nine cases. Nearly three-quarters (72.9%) of individuals with diagnostic information had a probable diagnosis of depression. However, only 22.4% had ever had contact with psychiatric services. Two shotgun certificate holders were under the care of psychiatric services at the time of their death and two others had a history of previous self-harm. CONCLUSIONS: Strategies to reduce the number of gunshot suicides need to focus on limiting access to guns. These include restricting access to guns by non-certificate holders and those who may be at increased risk of suicide, and holding regular gun amnesties.
spellingShingle Sutton, L
Hawton, K
Simkin, S
Turnbull, P
Kapur, N
Bennewith, O
Gunnell, D
Gunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.
title Gunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.
title_full Gunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.
title_fullStr Gunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.
title_full_unstemmed Gunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.
title_short Gunshot suicides in England--a multicentre study based on coroners' records.
title_sort gunshot suicides in england a multicentre study based on coroners records
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