A note on the reliability and validity of suicide statistics
| dc.contributor.author | Goldney, R. | |
| dc.date.issued | 2010 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Doubt about the reliability of official suicide statistics has been noted for over 200 years. Confounding issues include State or religious sanctions; there may be insurance considerations; there is family and community sensitivity about the recording of suicide; different professions are entrusted with the delineation of suicide; and there are differences between clinical and legal definitions of suicide. Systematic studies suggest that official figures provide a valid basis for broad comparisons, but that does not negate the importance of ensuring that suicide data are robust and reliable. | |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | Robert D. Goldney | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Psychiatry Psychology and Law, 2010; 17(1):52-56 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/13218710903268014 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1321-8719 | |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1934-1687 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2440/59692 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Australian Acad Press | |
| dc.rights | Copyright 2010 The Australian and New Zealand Association of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law | |
| dc.source.uri | https://doi.org/10.1080/13218710903268014 | |
| dc.subject | reliability | |
| dc.subject | statistics | |
| dc.subject | suicide | |
| dc.title | A note on the reliability and validity of suicide statistics | |
| dc.type | Journal article | |
| pubs.publication-status | Published |