Understanding suicide in Australian farmers
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric EpidemiologyPublished 9 December 2005
Fiona Judd, Henry J. Jackson, Caitlin Fraser, Greg Murray, Garry Robins, Angela Komiti
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No support is found for the proposition that farmers experience higher rates of mental health problems than do non-farmer rural residents, but potentially important personality differences are identified between farmers and non-farmers, and a strong association between maleness and farming was found.
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The elevated rate of suicide amongst farmers does not seem to be simply explained by an elevated rate of mental health problems. Individual personality, gender and community attitudes that limit a person's ability to acknowledge or express mental health problems and seek help for these may be significant risk factors for suicide in farmers.
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