Table 2.
Groups by defining and principle features of life charts and other characteristics of male farmers who died by suicide (n = 18).
| Group | Situational (Acute) | Long-Term (Protracted) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-Group | Romantic Relationship Problems (n = 9) | Financial Difficulties/Pending Retirement (n = 5) | Long-Term Mental Health Problems (n = 4) | |
| Age | 30–58 years old | 63–77 years old | 52–62 years old | 20–24 years old |
| State | QLD (6), NSW (3) | QLD (4), NSW (1) | QLD (2), NSW (1) | QLD (1) |
| Employment | Farmer/owner (4), farmhand (4), caretaker (1) | Farmer/owner (5) | Farmer/owner (3) | Farmhand |
| Sub-group defining features | Separation (6) | Financial difficulties (5) | Unipolar depression (3) | Schizophrenia |
| Divorce (3) | Pending retirement (4) | Bipolar disorder (1) | Unipolar depression | |
| Relationship problems (9) | Dementia (1) | |||
| Further specifiers | Mental health problems (9) | Long work hours (3) | Suicide exposure (3) | Suicide exposure |
|
Suicidality (8) Alcohol/drugs (previous and current abuse/dependence) (7) |
Impact of Global Financial Crisis (GFC) (2) | |||
| Other characteristics | Financial issues (7) | Bereavement and family health (5) | Physical health (3) | Suicidality |
| Natural disaster (7) | Mental health (5) | Natural disaster (3) | Parental conflict | |
| Work problems (7) | Natural disaster (5) | Bereavement and family health | Legal | |
| Physical health (6) | Physical health (4) | (3) | Bereavement and family health | |
| Child custody/paternity issues/estrangement (5) | Pending farm duties (3) | Non-romantic relationships | ||
| Legal (4) | Lifetime parental conflict (3) | |||
| Anniversary/celebratory occasion (4) | Anniversary/celebratory occasion (e.g., birthday/Christmas) (2) | |||
| Bereavement and family health (4) | Legal (2) | |||
| Family hx of mental illness (4) | Family farm (2) | |||
| Suicide exposure (3) | Seasonal issue/farm disease (2) | |||
| Period of unemployment (3) | ||||
| Non-romantic relationships (3) | ||||
| Domestic Violence Order or Apprehended Violence Order (2) | ||||
| Lifetime parental conflict (2) | ||||
| Seasonal issues (2) | ||||
| Family farm (2) | ||||
| Psychiatric diagnoses (MINI) | Suicidality current (8) | Unipolar depression current (5) | Unipolar depression current (1) | Suicidality current |
| Unipolar depression current (8) | Unipolar depression past (3) | Unipolar depression past (3) | Unipolar Depression | |
| Unipolar depression past (5) | Suicidality current (4) | Suicidality current (3) | Psychotic Disorder | |
| Alcohol abuse current (4) | GAD Current (3) | Bipolar disorder current (2) | ||
| Substance dependence current (4) | Bipolar Disorder past (2) | Family Hx bipolar disorder (1) | ||
| Family Hx Bipolar Disorder (4) | Family Hx Bipolar disorder (1) | GAD current (1) | ||
| Psychotic disorder current (3) | PTSD lifetime (2) | Alcohol abuse current (1) | ||
| GAD current (2) | Social anxiety current (1) | Alcohol dependence current (1) | ||
| Alcohol dependence current (2) | OCD current (1) | Alcohol dependence past (1) | ||
| Alcohol dependence past (2) | Antisocial Personality disorder | Agoraphobia current (1) | ||
| PTSD lifetime (2) | (1) | Agoraphobia past (2) | ||
| Antisocial Personality disorder (2) | Social phobia current (2) | |||
| Bipolar disorder current (1) | OCD current (1) | |||
| Bipolar disorder past (1) | Panic disorder current (1) | |||
| PTSD current (1) | Panic disorder lifetime (2) | |||
| Conduct disorder (1) | ||||
Psychiatric diagnoses and other defining characteristics in bold are a feature of the entire (sub) group.