1Shandong University School of Public Health Center for Suicide Prevention Research, Shandong, China.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2013 Nov;59(7):655-62. doi: 10.1177/0020764012450995. Epub 2012 Jun 29.
The major suicide method in rural China today is ingestion of agricultural pesticides.
This study is to investigate the characteristics of Chinese rural young suicides who died of pesticide ingestion.
A sample of 392 suicides from rural China was studied using the psychological autopsy method, and data were analysed for demographic characteristics, the suicide method used, mental disorder and psychological characteristics.
Suicides by pesticide ingestion were enacted more because of impulsiveness and tended to demonstrate less mental illness than those suicides using other means in rural China.
Accessibility, high toxicity and lethality of the pesticides were risk factors for the suicides of people without a mental disorder in rural China. The use of pesticides is a rational choice and the safe storage of these kinds of farming chemicals should be controlled to prevent certain suicides.
目前，中国农村地区主要的自杀方式是服用农药。
本研究旨在探讨服用农药自杀的中国农村年轻自杀者的特征。
采用心理解剖法对来自中国农村的 392 例自杀者进行研究，分析人口统计学特征、自杀方法、精神障碍和心理特征。
在中国农村，服农药自杀更多是出于冲动，且与其他方式自杀相比，精神疾病的发生率更低。
在中国农村，农药的易得性、高毒性和致死性是无精神障碍人群自杀的危险因素。使用农药是一种理性选择，应控制此类农用化学品的安全储存，以防止某些自杀事件的发生。
