Mahy G, Griffith E E
J Natl Med Assoc. 1980 Aug;72(8):773-8.
This paper examines all the cases of suicide and parasuicide (non-fatal self-destructive acts) which took place on the Caribbean island of Barbados between 1974 and 1978. There were two females and 18 males who committed suicide in that period, and 14 of them were below age 44. There were 250 individuals who had attempted suicide for the first time, with a male to female ratio of 1:2.33. Most of the parasuicides were young and female, and the phenomenon is increasing. Health care officials on the island would seem to be legitimately unconcerned about the low suicide rates. However, the increasing parasuicide numbers may require more organized psychiatric care to meet the needs of this subgroup of the island's population.
本文研究了1974年至1978年间发生在加勒比海岛国巴巴多斯的所有自杀和准自杀（非致命性自我伤害行为）案例。在那段时期，有两名女性和18名男性自杀，其中14人年龄在44岁以下。有250人首次尝试自杀，男女比例为1:2.33。大多数准自杀者为年轻女性，且这一现象呈上升趋势。岛上的医疗保健官员似乎理所当然地并不担心自杀率低的问题。然而，准自杀人数的增加可能需要更有组织的精神科护理，以满足该岛这部分人口的需求。
