Trends in suicide in a Lithuanian urban population over the period 1984–2003

Tamošiūnas, Abdonas; Rėklaitienė, Regina; Virvičiūtė, Dalia; Šopagienė, Diana

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-6-184

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“…These results coincide with the findings of recent general population surveys in Greece nationwide, that indicated a substantial increase in the prevalence of suicidal ideation and reported suicide attempts between 2008 and 2011 9. Other studies have also documented that the number of suicides increased during periods of economic changes compared to those of economic stability 1415…”

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The Economic Crisis in Greece and Its Impact on the Seasonality of Suicides in the Athens Greater Area

Efstathiou

Michopoulos

Gkerekou

et al. 2017

Psychiatry Investig

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ObjectiveThe economic crisis and the implementation of austerity measures in Greece lead to significant socioeconomic changes. The effects of the crisis were mainly felt by the Greek population during the years 2011 and 2012. This study aimed to investigate the impact of Greece's economic crisis on the seasonality of suicides in the Athens Greater Area.MethodsData were collected for all recorded cases of suicides committed over a 5-year period (from 2008 to 2012) from the Athens Department of Forensic Medicine. Two sub-periods were studied in relation to the economic crisis: 2008–2010 and 2011–2012. Seasonality was estimated with the Poison regression variant of the circular normal distribution.ResultsSuicide seasonality appeared significant during 2008–2010 (relative risk, RR=1.36) and strengthened in the years 2011–2012 (RR=1.69), when the impact of the austerity measures was increasingly being felt by the Greek society. Regarding the latter sub-period, seasonality was established for males (RR=1.75), individuals aged 45 years or more (RR=1.75) and suicide by hanging (RR=1.96).ConclusionThe economic crisis in Greece, especially in the period during its effects had a significant impact on the population's economic condition, seems to have strengthened the seasonality of suicides, while a noteworthy suicide risk of 96% was revealed for suicides by hanging (peak in early June).

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The Economic Crisis in Greece and Its Impact on the Seasonality of Suicides in the Athens Greater Area

Efstathiou

Michopoulos

Gkerekou

et al. 2017

Psychiatry Investig

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“…In general, suicide by hanging was the most frequent suicide method in Turkey, followed by firearms. Correspondingly, hanging and firearms were an easy and reliably lethal method that was most common in many countries [1,32,41,42,49].…”

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Sexual differences in the completed suicides in Turkey

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The aim of this study was to determine whether there is a difference between men and women in terms of suicide age, suicide method and suicide reason in Turkey. This study recruited 17,327 cases that had committed suicide between 1990 and 2000. Of all the cases who committed suicide during a period of 11 years, 61.1% were men, 38.9% women. The highest suicide score fell into the age group 15-24 (P<0.001). The most frequently used methods for suicide were self-hanging (48.2%) and use of firearms (19.2%) (P<0.001). The proportion of those committing suicide taking chemicals (drugs, etc.) was higher in women than in men (P<0.001). The most frequently seen reasons for suicide were illness and (33.8%) unsatisfactory relationships (33.0%) (P<0.001, each one). Women committed suicide much more because of unsatisfactory relationships, whereas for men it was due to illness (20.8% and 14.6%, respectively). There were significant differences between men and women in terms of suicide age, suicide method and suicide reason in Turkey. When evaluating suicide cases it is essential that the differences between sexes be taken into consideration.

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“…The Joinpoint method has recently been used to detect changes in the direction and/or magnitude of linear trends in suicide rates 5 12 13. A ‘joinpoint’ is any change in trend connecting two contiguous linear segments.…”

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Firearms regulation and declining rates of male suicide in Quebec

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Objectives To examine whether significant changes in method-specific male suicide rates occurred in the province of Quebec after stronger firearms regulations were introduced in Canada in 1991; to ascertain whether more stringent firearms regulations influence firearms and total suicide trends among men and to determine whether different results are obtained according to the statistical methods used. Study design Descriptive analyses of time trends in method-specific suicide rates for men from 1981 to 2006 using Joinpoint regression models and preepost firearms regulation analyses.

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Trends in suicide in a Lithuanian urban population over the period 1984–2003

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The Economic Crisis in Greece and Its Impact on the Seasonality of Suicides in the Athens Greater Area

The Economic Crisis in Greece and Its Impact on the Seasonality of Suicides in the Athens Greater Area

Sexual differences in the completed suicides in Turkey

Firearms regulation and declining rates of male suicide in Quebec

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