About the Authors

Ying-Yeh Chen

Affiliations Taipei City Psychiatric Centre, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health and Department of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Feng Chen

Affiliation Department of Statistics, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

Shu-Sen Chang

Affiliation Institute of Health Policy and Management, and Department of Public Health, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jacky Wong

Affiliations Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China

Paul S F Yip

sfpyip@hku.hk

Affiliations Hong Kong Jockey Club Center for Suicide Research and Prevention, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China, Department of Social Work and Social Administration, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YYC FC SSC JW PSFY. Performed the experiments: YYC PSFY. Analyzed the data: FC SSC JW PSFY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FC PSFY. Wrote the paper: YYC FC SSC JW PSFY.