Nonresident Suicides in England: A National Study |
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| Authors: | Kirsten Windfuhr PhD Harriet Bickley BA David While PhD Alyson Williams PhD Isabelle M. Hunt PhD Louis Appleby MD FRCPsych Navneet Kapur MD FRCPsych |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Senior Project Manager, Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester. Prof. Appleby is also National Director of Mental Health for England;2. Research Associate, Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester. Prof. Appleby is also National Director of Mental Health for England;3. Statistician, Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester. Prof. Appleby is also National Director of Mental Health for England;4. Project Manager, Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester. Prof. Appleby is also National Director of Mental Health for England;5. Director and Professor, Psychiatry, Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester. Prof. Appleby is also National Director of Mental Health for England;6. Head of Suicide Research for the National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness, Centre for Suicide Prevention at the University of Manchester. Prof. Appleby is also National Director of Mental Health for England. |
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| Abstract: | Little is known about the numbers and characteristics of people who travel away from home before dying by suicide. Therefore, this studied attempts to identify the sociodemographic characteristics, location, and method of suicide in people who died distant from home, in a national sample. Data were collected on all English suicides and a patient population; nonresident suicides resided in one Health Authority but died in a different one. Twelve percent of suicides were nonresident and features of these included: young age, social adversity, and severe mental illness. In conclusion, both individual‐ and area‐based factors are likely to contribute to suicide away from home. |
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