Commentary: Help-Seeking Patterns and Attitudes to Treatment amongst Men Who Attempted Suicide

摘要

The Journal of Mental Health has published an article, “Help-seeking patterns and attitudes to treatment amongst men who attempted suicide” by Cleary (1). The author followed up 52 men, aged between 18 and 30 years, who made a medically serious suicide attempt for 6–8.5 years. The author reported that at the time of discharge from a hospital all patients were referred to psychiatric outpatient services but one-third (32.7%) never presented and 20% attended only for a short period of time. Almost half (48%) of the sample made a subsequent attempt, and 12% completed suicide.