The association between self-reported mental health, medication record and suicide risk: A population wide study

Source:

Onyeka, I. N., O’Reilly, D., & Maguire, A. (2021). The association between self-reported mental health, medication record and suicide risk: A population wide study. SSM-Population Health, 13, 100749.

Highlights

•Mental ill health is associated with an increased risk of suicide, but measuring population mental health is difficult.

•The suicide risk associated with both subjective and objective indicators of mental ill health have not been examined.

•Most individuals who die by suicide have no indicator of mental ill health.

•Having both self-reported poor mental health and psychotropic medication record carried the highest risk of suicide death.

•Increased risk of suicide in individuals who report poor mental health but are not on medication may indicate unmet need.