A Suicide Peak after Weekends and Holidays in Patients with Alcohol Dependence

Brådvik, Louise; Berglund, Mats

doi:10.1521/suli.33.2.186.22773

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“…Like our study, Bradvick & Berglund (2003) and Erazo, Baumert, Ladwig (2004) also find that the rate of deliberate self-harm is significantly elevated on Tuesdays. Kposowa & D’Auria (2010) instead identify a Wednesday peak for U.S. mortality in 2000–04, but they apparently made an error in computing day of the week.…”

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Suicide Deaths and Nonfatal Hospital Admissions for Deliberate Self-Harm in the United States

Miller

Furr‐Holden

Lawrence

et al. 2012

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Background No one knows if the temporality of non-fatal deliberate self-harm in the United States (U.S.) mirrors the temporality of suicide deaths. Aims To analyze day- and month-specific variation in population rates for suicide fatalities and, separately, for hospital admissions for non-fatal deliberate self-harm. Methods For 12 states, we extracted vital statistics data on all suicides (n=11,429) and hospital discharge data on all non-fatal deliberate self-harm admissions (n=60,870) occurring in 1997. We used multinomial logistic regression to analyze the significance of day-to-day and month-to-month variations in occurrence of suicides and non-fatal deliberate self-harm admissions. Results Both fatal and nonfatal events had a 6%–10% excess occurrence on Monday and Tuesday and were 5%–13% less likely to occur on Saturdays (p<0.05). Males were more likely than females to act on Wednesdays and Saturdays. Non-fatal admission rates were 6% above the average in April and May (p<0.05). In contrast, suicide rates were 6% above the average in February and March and 8% below it in November (p<0.05). Conclusions Suicides and non-fatal hospital admissions for deliberate self-harm have peaks and troughs on the same days in the U.S. In contrast, the monthly patterns for these fatal and non-fatal events are not congruent.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Suicide Deaths and Nonfatal Hospital Admissions for Deliberate Self-Harm in the United States

Miller

Furr‐Holden

Lawrence

et al. 2012

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“…Secondly, date of death, instead of date of the actual suicide act, was used, as this piece of information is not necessarily available for every suicide case in the Register. Delays between suicide and its discovery may inevitably distort the genuine temporal pattern of suicide [25]. Yet, the existing literature suggests that it remains the most acceptable and consistent measure to approximate the occurrence of suicide incidence in epidemiological research [25,26,27].…”

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“…Delays between suicide and its discovery may inevitably distort the genuine temporal pattern of suicide [25]. Yet, the existing literature suggests that it remains the most acceptable and consistent measure to approximate the occurrence of suicide incidence in epidemiological research [25,26,27]. Further investigations that include analysis of factors such as seasonally-related weather effects [9], length of sunlight [28], suicide method used [14,29,30], substance use, presence of depression [15] and related mood disorders [14] would be required for a more precise understanding of the interaction of different temporal dimensions.…”

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Seasonal Differences in the Day-of-the-Week Pattern of Suicide in Queensland, Australia

Law

Leo

2013

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Various temporal patterns of suicide events, according to time of day, day of week, month and season, have been identified. However, whether different dimensions of time interact has not been investigated. Using suicide data from Queensland, Australia, this study aims to verify if there is an interaction effect between seasonal and day-of-the-week distribution. Computerized suicide data from the Queensland Suicide Register for those aged 15+ years were analyzed according to date of death, age, sex and geographic location for the period 1996–2007. To examine seasonal differences in day-of-the-week pattern of suicide, Poisson regressions were used. A total of 6,555 suicides were recorded over the whole study period. Regardless of the season, male residents of Brisbane had a significantly marked day-of-the-week pattern of suicide, with higher rates between Mondays and Thursdays. When seasonal differences were considered, male residents in Brisbane showed a Monday peak in summer and a wave-shape pattern with a peak on Thursday and a nadir on Saturdays in winter. Whilst males have distinctive peaks in terms of days of the week for summer and winter, females do not show similar patterns.

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“…When a Swedish study reported a peak in the suicide rate among alcohol-dependent individuals on the first 2 days after weekends and holidays, its authors suggested that withdrawal from alcohol could contribute to suicide (Bradvik & Berglund, 2003). Other mechanisms have been proposed to explain the relationship between alcohol and suicide, including alcohol's ability to increase psychological distress, increase aggressiveness, propel suicidal ideation into action through suicide-specific alcohol expectancies and constricted cognition, thus impairing the generation and implementation of alternative coping strategies (Hufford, 2001).…”

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Addiction Severity and Suicidal Behaviors Among Persons Entering Treatment

Simoneau¹,

Ménard

Blanchette-Martin

2016

Archives of Suicide Research

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The aim of this study was three-fold: to compare the rates for suicidal behaviors based on the problem substance, to look at the association between addiction severity and suicidal behaviors, and to identify the components of addiction severity associated with suicidal behaviors. Addiction Severity Index databases from three public rehabilitation centers were merged for analyses, yielding 6,551 evaluations. The rates for suicidal behaviors among those who have a problem with both alcohol and a drug are higher than for those who have a problem with any single substance. The effect of addiction severity on suicidal behaviors persists even when other problem areas are taken into account. Thus, clinicians must pay closer attention to persons with both alcohol and drug problem.

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A Suicide Peak after Weekends and Holidays in Patients with Alcohol Dependence

Cited by 35 publications

References 25 publications

Suicide Deaths and Nonfatal Hospital Admissions for Deliberate Self-Harm in the United States

Suicide Deaths and Nonfatal Hospital Admissions for Deliberate Self-Harm in the United States

Seasonal Differences in the Day-of-the-Week Pattern of Suicide in Queensland, Australia

Addiction Severity and Suicidal Behaviors Among Persons Entering Treatment

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