Suicide in Japan-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Suicide in Japan

Published:2005-01 Issue:1 Volume:26 Page:12-19
ISSN:0227-5910
Container-title:Crisis
language:en
Short-container-title:Crisis

Author:

Shiho Yamashita¹,Tohru Takizawa²,Shinji Sakamoto³,Manabu Taguchi⁴,Yuka Takenoshita⁴,Eriko Tanaka⁵,Ikuko Sugawara⁶,Naoki Watanabe⁷

Affiliation:

1. National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Japan

2. Hachinohe Junior College, Japan

3. Nihon University, Japan

4. Saint Marianna University, Japan

5. The Institute for Science of Labor, Japan

6. The University of Tokyo, Japan

7. Aomori Prefecture Mental Health and Welfare Center, Japan

Abstract

Abstract. This article introduces the reader to present conditions and suicide prevention measures in Japan. The suicide rate has increased gradually since the early 1990s, reaching a postwar peak in 1998. The number of suicides has remained at about 30,000 every year since 1998. Middle-aged (55-59 years) and elderly men have especially high suicide rates. In 2002, The Council of Learned People on Measures Against Suicides (organized by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare) released its report on national suicide prevention strategies. Although national suicide prevention strategies have just begun to be established, some prefectures or regions have undertaken unique suicide prevention measures.

Publisher

Hogrefe Publishing Group

Subject

Psychiatry and Mental health

Link

https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/pdf/10.1027/0227-5910.26.1.12

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