Nishio Akihiro, Akazawa Kouhei, Shibuya Futoshi, Abe Ryo, Nushida Hideyuki, Ueno Yasuhiro, Nishimura Akiyoshi, Shioiri Toshiki
Department of Psychiatry, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan.
Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2009 Apr;63(2):247-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.01942.x.
The relationship between suicide and disaster is an important problem but it's not clear. We conducted this study to determine whether a natural disaster affects suicide rates.
We collected data on suicides during the 84 months before and the 60 months after the earthquake and compared the suicide rate in Kobe to that in Japan as a whole. We also examined what groups were significantly affected.
Compared with Japan as a whole, the suicide rates in Kobe significantly decreased in the 2 years after the earthquake.
An influence on suicide rate after the disaster clearly appeared in middle-aged men.
自杀与灾难之间的关系是一个重要问题,但尚不清楚。我们开展这项研究以确定自然灾害是否会影响自杀率。
我们收集了地震前84个月和地震后60个月的自杀数据,并将神户的自杀率与整个日本的自杀率进行比较。我们还研究了哪些群体受到了显著影响。
与整个日本相比,神户的自杀率在地震后的两年中显著下降。
灾难后对自杀率的影响在中年男性中明显显现。