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dc.contributor.authorCantor, C
dc.contributor.authorMcTaggart, P
dc.contributor.authorDe Leo, D
dc.contributor.editorC. Mundt, E. Gabriel
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:33:43Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:33:43Z
dc.date.issued2001
dc.date.modified2010-09-22T06:54:19Z
dc.identifier.issn0254-4962
dc.identifier.doi10.1159/000049297
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/3517
dc.description.abstractThe reliability of suicide reporting remains a concern. Problems include procedural deficiencies, ambiguous evidence and the determination of intent. In this study, Queensland Suicide Register (QSR) data were compared to the usual official source - the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). QSR deaths were coded as beyond reasonable doubt, probable and possible. These categories were analysed by methods and demographic variables to determine the nature of difficult-to-classify suicides. QSR suicides exceeded ABS especially for females, ages 25-44, and the methods overdose, drowning and 'other methods'. Opiate overdoses were most difficult to code. Ambiguous circumstantial information and unclear intent were major impediments. Nations witnessing rising rates of deaths due to drug abuse need to monitor undetermined and accidental deaths as well as suicides.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherKarger
dc.publisher.placeSwitzerland
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom140
dc.relation.ispartofpageto146
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychopathology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume34
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCognitive and computational psychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode5204
dc.titleMisclassification of Suicide - The Contribution of Opiates.
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.date.issued2001
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDe Leo, Diego


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