What he found was that in more than 90 % of cases, people who died from suicide had suffered from more than one psychiatric disorder, and more than 80 % of them from severe depression. Forty percent had been alcoholics or drug addicts and 60 % had had a personality disorder.
結果發現有九成以上的個案，生前患有一種以上的精神疾病，其中以重鬱症的比例最高，達八成以上；其次，有酒癮和藥癮者佔四成；人格疾患佔六成。