Factors related to suicide in Chun district Phayao province

Abstract

This study aims to study about factors which related to suicide in Chun district, Payao province. This research is a qualitative research by studying about people who suicided themselves successfully during 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2017 about 8 people. People who gave the information were the closed relatives with people who suicided themselves successfully by using the suicide record of Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Public Health which had been investigated from the professionals and some information from medical records. Then, analyzed information which had been gathered (content analysis). The cause that leaded to suicide in Chun district, Phayao province during 1 October 2017 to 30 September 2017 by using a purposive sampling. The research result found that successful suicides were 6 male and 2 female. Most of them were farmer. From all dead, there were 6 people hanging themselves, and 2 people shooting themselves. From these numbers, 4 people used to tell their closed relatives that they suicided, 2 people used to suicide themselves before. The factors which related to suicide were 1) 2 from 8 people had a chronic disease including diabetes, high blood pressure, chronic kidney disease 2) Mental health, 2 people had depression or had depressive symptom, other 3 had schizophrenia,  alcoholism , and used amphetamine drug before, one of them had no record of health issue 3) Family and social status. It was found that they had separated family and they stayed alone 4) Economics, it was found that 5 people were in debt too. 5) Culture and environment, it was found that when the problem occurred, there was no way out 6) Other factors such as unfaithful. In conclusion, the dead usually had some problems such as chronic disease, had a problem with mental health, and lack of people who offered assistance. All dead had their own personality as aggressive, angry person and before hurting themselves they will separate themselves and did not speak with others.