Alcohol and suicide-the Portuguese experience

Skog, Ole‐Jørgen; Teixeira, Zélia; BARRIAS, JOSE; Moreira, Rui Verlaine Oliveira

doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.1995.tb01064.x

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“…To adjust for competing explanatory variables, we used regional data on education and unemployment; and national data on sales of alcohol and sales of antidepressants, all of which have been reported to be associated with suicide mortality [25][26][27][28]. In We substituted missing regional date with average national data.…”

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Changes in institutional psychiatric care and suicidal behaviour: a follow-up study of inpatient suicide attempters in Bærum, Norway

Johannessen

Dieserud

Jakhelln

et al. 2009

Soc Psychiat Epidemiol

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“…Compared to the general population, individuals who have attempted suicide have about 40 times the risk of dying by suicide (a meta-analysis estimate based on a population of 1700 from three countries; follow-up period between 0 and 20 years) [26]. The risk is found to be highest within six months after the attempt [27]. [19].…”

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Changes in institutional psychiatric care and suicidal behaviour: a follow-up study of inpatient suicide attempters in Bærum, Norway

Johannessen

Dieserud

Jakhelln

et al. 2009

Soc Psychiat Epidemiol

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“…Secondly, only respondents obtaining total scores below an upper limit were included in the material. As a result, 1 % of all alcohol users from the national sample were excluded from the analyses in table 1. In addition to the effects of the general underre porting of alcohol consumption [17], the removal of extremely high scores from the present material will also contribute to bringing con sumption levels towards a lower mean.…”

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“…Although the Saamis probably have lived in this region longer than the majority Norwegian population, and in spite of a relatively large interest in alcohol research in Norway, there has been a long period of silence on Saami drinking and problem drinking in the research literature. Bibliographies on Norwegian alcohol research [1][2][3] do not cite any references to studies on Saami alcohol habits, problem drinking or treatment and prevention efforts towards the Saami population. At the same time, popular myths seem to imply that Saamis drink more than other population groups in the Finnmark region [4], although no data exist to support this notion.…”

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Alcohol Use in Saami and Non-Saami Areas in Northern Norway

Larsen¹,

Saglie²

1996

Eur Addict Res

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The present article explores differences in self-reported alcohol consumption in Saami and non-Saami areas in the Finnmark region. A representative group of 659 respondents from Finnmark, where most Saamis in Norway live, participated in the study. Respondents indicated how much they drank on their latest drinking occasion and how often they used alcohol. The respondents’ scores on these items were used to estimate the average annual alcohol consumption. Results indicate that respondents from Saami municipalities on the average consume less alcohol than respondents from other municipalities in the area.

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“…En interessant observasjon her er at effekten av en økning i gjennomsnittskonsumet med 1 liter per innbygger per år, synes å vaere størst i land med et lavt konsumnivå ("tørre" kulturer), og for Sverige og Norge har man beregnet at en slik økning i konsumet vil vaere assosiert med en økning i selvmordsraten for menn i størrelsesorden 10-15% (26,27). I land med et relativt høyt alkoholkonsum ("våte" kulturer) som Frankrike og Portugal, gir imidlertid en slik økning i alkoholkonsumet et relativt mindre utslag på selvmordstallene (størrelsesorden 2-3%) (28)(29).…”

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Rusmiddelbruk og dødelighet

Rossow¹

2009

Nor J Epidemiol

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Telefon 22 38 04 85, Telefax 22 71 90 59, E-mail imr@sifa.no SAMMENDRAGBruk og misbruk av rusmidler øker risikoen for en tidlig død. Blant kroniske alkoholmisbrukere er overdøde-ligheten på omkring 2-3, og størst overdødelighet finner vi mht. levercirrhose, kreft i øvre deler av fordøyelses-kanalen, selvmord og ulykker. Akutt beruselse har spesielt betydning for ulykkesdødsfall som drukning og trafikkulykker. Epidemiologiske studier har vist at moderat alkoholkonsum gir en redusert risiko for hjertekardødelighet sammenliknet med avholdenhet (en J-formet risikokurve). Disse funnene reiser en viktig debatt omkring implikasjonene for folkehelse.På aggregert nivå gir en økning i alkoholkonsumet en beskjeden effekt på samlet dødelighet, men for alkoholrelaterte sykdommer, ulykker og selvmord ser man betydelige effekter av endringer i gjennomsnittskonsumet.Stoffmisbrukere har en høyere overdødelighet enn alkoholmisbrukere (RR omkring 5-30), og de vanligste dødsårsakene er overdoser, selvmord og ulykker. Bruk og misbruk av alkohol er betydelig mer utbredt i befolkningen enn narkotika, og størstedelen av rusmiddelrelaterte dødsfall kan knyttes til alkohol. Det er imidlertid usikkert om dette gjenspeiles i opinionen og som argument ved politiske beslutninger og ressursallokeringer.Rossow I. Alcohol, drugs and mortality. Nor J Epidemiol 1996; 6 (1): 37-44. ENGLISH SUMMARYUse and abuse of intoxicants increase the risk of premature death. Among chronic alcohol abusers the excess mortality is in the range of 2-3. Tthe highest excess mortality is found with respect to liver cirrhosis, cancer in the upper digestive tract, suicide and accidents. Acute intoxication also increases the risk of premature death, particularly drowning and traffic accidents. Epidemiological studies have demonstrated a lower risk of death from CHD among light and moderate drinkers as compared to abstainers (the J-shaped curve). These findings have induced an important debate concerning public health implications. At the aggregate level an increase in alcohol consumption has little impact on all-cause mortality, but changes in per capita consumption are found to covary significantly with deaths from alcohol related diseases, accidents and suicides.Drug addicts are found to have a higher excess mortality than alcohol abusers (RR in the range of 5-30), and the most common causes of death are overdoses, suicides and accidents. On the other hand, use and abuse of alcohol is far more widespread in the population than narcotics, and most of the substance related deaths can thus be attributed to alcohol. To which degree this is reflected in the public opinion and in political strategies and allocation of resources, may however be questionned. INNLEDNINGDødelighet og dødsårsaker er hyppig anvendte indikatorer for helse, sykelighet, eller livskvalitet i en befolkning eller en befolkningsgruppe. En rekke studier har vist at både bruk og misbruk av ulike rusmidler øker dødeligheten, og at noen dødsårsaker er mer typiske ved rusmiddelbruk eller rusmiddelmisbruk. Vi...

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Alcohol and suicide-the Portuguese experience

Cited by 33 publications

References 11 publications

Changes in institutional psychiatric care and suicidal behaviour: a follow-up study of inpatient suicide attempters in Bærum, Norway

Changes in institutional psychiatric care and suicidal behaviour: a follow-up study of inpatient suicide attempters in Bærum, Norway

Alcohol Use in Saami and Non-Saami Areas in Northern Norway

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