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SUBMITTER: Joe S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2701668 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Joe Sean S Stein Dan J DJ Seedat Soraya S Herman Allen A Williams David R DR
The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 20080401 4
We examined nationally representative data from the 2002-2004 South Africa Stress and Health Study, a national household probability sample of 4351 persons aged 18 years and older: 9.1% of respondents reported lifetime suicide ideation, 3.8% a plan and 2.9% an attempt. Among four ethnic groups, the Coloureda group had the highest lifetime prevalence for attempts (7.1%). Those at higher risk of suicide attempts had one or more DSM-IV disorders. ...[more]