Mental Health Department Clarifies Real Numbers, Suicide Attempt After Sharing Tens Of Thousands

Mental Health Department Clarifies Real Numbers, Suicide Attempt After sharing that number from tens to tens of thousands Point after the crisis, Tom Yum Kung increases 30% to find a way to prevent.

From the case of sharing the numbers of those who tried to hurt themselves What is the number of the Department of Mental Health? Compared between 2019 and 2020, he found that the number in 2019 is just over 500 people, while from October 62 to April 63, the total number is more than 12,000.

Dr. Worot Chotipittayunont, MD. A spokesperson for the Department of Mental Health said that the numbers is a system for retrieving codes from the hospital information fill to include. They found that the method of data storage has changed, causing the numbers to rise. 70% of physical abuse attempts will not go to hospital And those who try to hurt themselves will be more Many self-harm assailants, like the United States, estimate that the number of assailants is greater. The number of people attacked was 8 to 15 times, so the numbers mentioned in the website rules do not reflect reality. And there may be a substantial increase in self-harm in this way.

“Department of Mental Health Do not use such a database to work For the suicidal information of the Thais It will be compiled from the death certificate AND collected from hospital data With a team of psychiatrists that analyzes the cause of the problem in another way. To know what factors Deaths are caused, it was found that in 2018, 4,137 people committed suicide and will be calculated in the statistics In which the number of suicide attempts is higher For the year 2019, the data is being analyzed, “said Dr. Worat.

Dr. Worat said that the suicide statistics in Thailand date back to the conclusion that between 1987-1996, the suicide statistics were 6.5-7.0 per 100,000 inhabitants in 1997, when the Tom Yam Kung incident occurred at 6.9 per one hundred thousand inhabitants. But after that, the long-term impact in 1999 found that the number of suicides was 8.59 per 100,000 inhabitants. Estimated that Suicides increased by 30-4% and gradually decreased. Since 2005-2006, the number has decreased to 6-6.5 per 100,000 inhabitants. When you look at a strange phenomenon When a crisis occurs You will find numbers similarly By the mental health department Proactively adding a line for public and medical staff In a mental hospital Ready to listen Citizens can ask for advice. There is also a team of volunteers for mental health teams that target people in various areas. Because knowing that When a crisis occurs, the numbers will go up a lot.

“Thank you to people interested in the subject of suicide. Such a problem has occurred with Thai society for a long time. What suicide is an issue that can be stopped. With someone close to him having to reach out to help we know what the factors are. The things that cause suicide, like economic illness, congenital, drugs, psychiatry, but cause number 1 is actually relationship. If we talk, we listen to ourselves People close to us have problems and we are not still. it can’t help, at least listen. And they’ll all pass together. “