Resource Tag: DENMARK

This study evaluated the influence of frequent change of residence on attempted & completed suicide among children & adolescents. Data from Danish longitudinal population registries identified 4160 suicide attempts among children born from 1978-1995 & 79 suicides at ages 11-17 years. A significantly increased risk of attempted suicide was associated with changes of residence & […]

This study is a population-based case control study examining the association between adjustment disorder & completed suicide among Danish people, aged 15-90 years. All suicides in Denmark from 1994-2006 were included, resulting in 9,612 cases. For each case, up to 30 controls were matched, yielding 199,306 controls. Adjustment disorder diagnosis was found in 7.6% of […]

Development Research Working Paper Series #05/2008

A total of 351 consecutive patients who had attempted suicide were interviewed using the European Parasuicide Study Interview Schedule I while participating in a 2-week inpatient treatment program. They were invited to a 1-year follow-up interview & followed in the Danish National Patient Register. Compared to women, men who had attempted suicide were older, had […]

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Consistent with evidence from several recent geographical (cross-national & within-national) studies by Lester & by Voracek, a positive ecological, aggregate-level correlation of regional intelligence & suicide rate was found across the seven major geographic regions of Denmark. (20 refs.)

The effect of psychological stress on total & cause-specific mortality among Danish men & women was assessed. In 1981-1983, 12,128 participants in the Copenhagen City Heart Study were asked 2 questions on stress intensity & frequency & were followed until 2004. After adjustments, men with high stress versus low stress had higher all-cause mortality. This […]

This editorial discusses future challenges in suicide research in the European Union including data collection, identifying risk & protective factors, & discovering which kinds of general prevention strategies actually work.

In 1992, a suicide prevention centre was opened in Copenhagen with a 2-week programme of social & psychological treatment. This study evaluated the effect of the centre. In a quasi-experimental study, 362 patients in the centre & a parallel comparison group of 39 patients were interviewed. All patients were invited to follow-up interviews. At the […]

The possible association between the use of cardiovascular drugs & suicide was investigated using population-based register data. A nested case-control study in Funen County, Denmark was performed. 743 suicides were identified for the period 1991-1998 & compared to 14,860 age- & gender-matched controls. Conditional logistic regression was used to analyze the data. The risk of […]

The effect on method-specific suicide rate & overall suicide rate of restriction on availability of carbon monoxide, barbiturates, & dextropropoxyphene was examined. From 1970-2000, overall suicide mortality & method-specific suicide mortality in Denmark were compared with official information about the availability of barbiturates & analgesics & carbon monoxide in vehicle exhaust & household gas. Restrictions […]

The objective of this study was to examine if the change in the suicide rate is associated with individuals’ use of antidepressants as has been suggested by ecological studies. All individuals aged 50 years & older living in Denmark between 1996-2000 were included. Only 1 in 5 older adults dying by suicide was in treatment […]

Suicides cluster in both families & persons with psychiatric disorders & socioeconomic disadvantages. Using a nested case-control study, these factors were compared between suicide cases, their siblings, & population-based controls. 985 suicide cases, 1104 gender-age matched siblings, & 16,619 controls in Denmark were studied. The suicide ratios obtained from the case-sibling & the case-control analysis, […]

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This article provides a review of epidemiological studies of suicide & interventions in selected risk groups. Summaries of 10 previously published papers are also included in the article. (424 refs.)

The risk of mortality was assessed among recipients of electroconvulsive therapy compared with other psychiatric inpatients in Denmark over a 25-year period, 1976-2000. There were 783 deceased inpatients who had received electroconvulsive therapy compared with 5781 who had not. Patients who had received electroconvulsive therapy had a lower overall mortality rate from natural causes but […]

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This study investigated cause-specific deaths at 1 to 25 years in offspring of Danish parents previously admitted as psychiatric inpatients. A population-based cohort study was conducted. The highest observed relative risk was for homicide in young & older children with affected mothers or fathers. In almost one-fourth of the suicides, there was a history of […]

The risk for schizophrenia associated with a range of psychiatric diagnoses in family members was estimated. The relationship between these risks & age at first contact for schizophrenia was investigated. A nested case-control study design was employed. Data was available for 7704 cases admitted between 1981-1998 in Denmark. Controlling for socioeconomic factors, risk for schizophrenia […]

This study was done to estimate the incidence of repetition of suicide attempt, suicide & all deaths, & to analyse the influence of psychiatric illness & sociodemographic factors on these. The study is a Danish register-based survival analysis. The average follow-up period for suicide attempters was 3.88 years, during which 271 (10.37%) of them died. […]

The authors compared suicide risk among persons with foreign background with that of the majority population in Denmark to determine whether certain minority groups are at a particular risk for suicide as well as to illuminate gender differences. Suicide risk was generally higher among persons with foreign background compared with the majority population & the […]

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