PMID- 22150171 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120619 LR - 20120223 IS - 1556-4029 (Electronic) IS - 0022-1198 (Linking) VI - 57 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Mar TI - Global functioning and suicide among Chinese rural population aged 15-34 years: a psychological autopsy case-control study. PG - 391-7 LID - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01978.x [doi] AB - As the relationship between global functioning and young suicide remains unclear in rural China, this study was aimed to explore the relationship between them. Data of 391 rural suicides and 416 controls, all aged 15-34 years in three provinces in China were used for this study. The Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) scale was adopted to assess global functioning of suicides and controls. The results showed that GAF score was stronger than mental illness in predicting suicide in China. Different correlates of GAF score were found between suicides and controls. Unsurprisingly, GAF score was significantly correlated with mental illness in both suicides and controls. Different characteristics were also found among three types of suicide which were classified using GAF score. Assessing global functioning is useful and GAF scale should be regularly used in suicide prevention practice. CI - (c) 2011 American Academy of Forensic Sciences. FAU - Jia, Cun-Xian AU - Jia CX AD - School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China. FAU - Zhang, Jie AU - Zhang J LA - eng GR - R01 MH068560/MH/NIMH NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural DEP - 20111208 PL - United States TA - J Forensic Sci JT - Journal of forensic sciences JID - 0375370 SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Age Factors MH - Case-Control Studies MH - China MH - Educational Status MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Income/statistics & numerical data MH - Logistic Models MH - Male MH - Marital Status/statistics & numerical data MH - Mental Disorders/epidemiology MH - *Psychiatric Status Rating Scales MH - Religion MH - *Rural Population MH - Social Behavior MH - Social Support MH - Suicide/*psychology/*statistics & numerical data MH - Young Adult EDAT- 2011/12/14 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/20 06:00 CRDT- 2011/12/14 06:00 PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/12/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/20 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01978.x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Forensic Sci. 2012 Mar;57(2):391-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2011.01978.x. Epub 2011 Dec 8.