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Prevalence of Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors and Its Disclosure in the German General Population
Lena Spangenberg1, Juliane Brüdern, Heide Glaesmer
1Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany.
Introduction:
The paper presents reference values for the Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) and population-based lifetime and 12-month prevalences on suicide related thoughts and behaviors (STBs).
Methods:
A representative sample of the general German population was assessed (n=2.513).
Results:
Mean SBQ-R score was 3.8. Lifetime prevalence of STBs was 15.5% (n=388), with higher rates found in women and in middle-aged adults. Lifetime STBs were disclosed by 5.7% (n=142) of respondents. 12-month prevalence was 5.1%, with women showing higher rates.
Conclusions:
The results enable other researchers to compare their data to representative reference values on a widely used measure for STBs. Future studies might address the problem of low disclosure of STBs as well as the impact of methodological aspects, such as wording, on prevalence rates.
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