A report of suicide trends and overall suicide prevention measures in Germany: opinion on prevention measures is important.

摘要

Sir, In Japan, the number of suicides in 1998 increased rapidly, and the trend has continued since then, making suicide one of Japan's major social problems. It is clear that specific and effective suicide prevention measures are immediately necessary to decrease suicide rates. There have been reports (1-4) of decreases in suicide rates and understanding of the suicide prevention measures in countries may be beneficial to Japan. In this research, we examined the 1990, 1995 and 2000 suicide rates among men and women in Germany according to a special report on vital statistics (5) and viewpoints of effective suicide prevention.