Psychosocial and psychiatric aspects of suicide completers with unmanageable debt: a psychological autopsy study.

This study examined the psychosocial and psychiatric features of 16 Japanese suicide completers with unmanageable debt compared with 23 suicide completers without such debt at time of death, using a psychological autopsy method. The individuals with unmanageable debt were more likely to have been self-employed and to have experienced divorce. They were less likely to have engaged in help-seeking behavior, despite having mental health problems. Our findings suggest that providing comprehensive support and promoting help-seeking behavior may be important for suicide prevention in middle-aged men.