S. M. Yasir Arafat|MA Mohit|Mohammad S. I. Mullick|Russell Kabir|Murad Moosa Khan
Risk factors for suicide in Bangladesh: case–control psychological autopsy study
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University|Anglia Ruskin University
background suicide important understudied public health problem bangladesh risk factors suicide investigated casecontrol psychological autopsy study aims identify major risk factors suicide dhaka bangladesh methods designed matched casecontrol psychological autopsy study conducted semistructured interview nextofkin 100 individuals died suicide 100 living controls matched age gender area residence study conducted july 2019 july 2020 results odds ratios risk factors 1533 95 ci 4764930 presence psychiatric disorder 1775 95 ci 6484859 life events 6528 95 ci 075564448 previous attempts 12 95 ci 1569229 sexual abuse conclusions presence psychiatric disorder immediate life events previous suicidal attempts sexual abuse found significant risk factors suicide dhaka bangladesh