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Abstract

Suicide in Chiang Mai The cause of suicide were multi-factorial components. In the group A HIV/AIDS was the most common ( 29.4 percent ). The second most common was alcohol-related(18.7 percent), and the third chronic disease (17.8 percent). In group A, fifty-six victims had been tested for HIV; 46 were HIV positive. Of the HIV positives only 41.3 percent (19 cases) had received counseling; almost all (89.1 percent) had symptoms of AIDS. Ingroup B HIV/AIDS and economic problems were the most common factors, the percentages being the same (23.3 percent). In attempted suicide, problems about family members and lovers were the common (58 percent). As for depression, 42.7 percent of the victims in group A, 45.8 percent in group B, and 44.5 percent in group C met the criteria for depressive episode F32. The suicide rates for Chiang Mai in 1996 and 1997 were 24.12 and 27.79 per 100,000 respectively. Chiang Mai had the highest incise in Thailand in 1997 and the secondhighest in 1996. Results of this study could be applied to suicide prevention programs to lower suicide rates in other provinces; in particular the questionnaires developed in this study could be used elsewhere in Thailand.