Resource Tag: ESTONIA

The study presents an interdisciplinary study focusing on the critical issue of suicide among young people in two European countries, Ukraine, and Estonia. The research aims to shed light on the multifaceted nature of the problem by exploring the complex interactions within the system of legal relations involving the key stakeholders: doctors, patients, pharmacists, and […]

Mortality was studied in a cohort of 4831 men from Estonia who participated in the environmental cleanup of the radioactively contaminated areas around Chernobyl in 1986–1991. Their mortality in 1986–2020 was compared with the mortality in the Estonian male population. A total of 1503 deaths were registered among the 4812 traced men. The all-cause standardized […]

This study characterized the severity of attempted suicide by extracting components of suicidal intent & analyzing levels of intent by gender, age, & variables indicating the severity of the attempt. Data on 469 Estonians who attempted suicide were collected & a revised version of the Pierce Suicidal Intent Scale was used. The level of suicidal […]

Knowledge about suicide might be positively correlated with local suicide prevalence. This hypothesis was tested with a sample of 107 medical & social science Estonian undergraduates. Compared (independent group t tests) with a sample of undergraduates from Austria, Estonians presented significantly higher overall knowledge about suicide, particularly concerning demographic & epidemiological facts about suicide but […]

This study explored differences between suicide victims among Russian immigrants in Estonia & native Estonians, according to sociodemographic background, substance use pattern, & recent life events to find out immigration-specific factors predicting suicide. A psychological autopsy study included 427 people who died by suicide in 1999 & 427 randomly selected controls. The only variable that […]

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Age-adjusted suicide rates were compared for Russians in Estonia, Estonians in Estonia, & inhabitants of Russia in radically chaged socio-political situations. High, but still lower suicide rates for Russians in Estonia were observed in comparison with Estonians during 1983-1990 when Estonia was part of the Soviet Union. During the transition period, 1991-1998, a sharp increase […]

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The authors examined how the radical change in sociopolitical status of the Russian minority in Estonia following the dissolution of the Soviet Union affected the rate of suicide. They found that during the Soviet period the suicide rate among the Russian minority in Estonia was lower than the rate in native Estonians. However, when Russians […]

This study aims to describe the external causes of death (ECD) mortality (specifically suicide and traffic death) in Estonia 1970-2002, in relation to political & economic development, with a special focus on the impact of unemployment & alcohol use. The highest mortality rates were found for traffic accidents in 1990-1991 & for suicides in 1994-1995. […]

The present study covered the analysis of 7 Internet media portrayals & 188 readers’ spontaneous Internet comments about a case of 2 adolescents who survived a serious suicide attempt. More than half of the comments expressed readers’ negative attitude (ironic 31% & angry 28%) while 21% of them remained neutral or indifferent. 21% tried to […]

The three Baltic States – Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania – were studied in two sociopolitically divergent periods, 1970-1984 & 1985-1998. Results of the study supported the hypothesis that suicide & homicide rates are affected by sociopolitical & economic conditions. Findings are examined using Durkheim’s & Henry & Short’s theories. (31 refs)

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Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

This annual report discusses the activities of the Befrienders from April 1996 to March 1997. Brief summaries of their work in Hong Kong, China, South Africa & Estonia are included. A project to promote emotional health among European youth is described. Information is provided on Befriending services, training, research projects & conferences. The last part […]

Kondrichin (1995) noted that the Finno-Ugrian language group was quite scattered over Europe & was characterized by high suicide rates. To explore whether this link can be documented statistically, the suicide rates in 1990 for 30 European nations (with populations greater than 1 million) west of the Black Sea were obtained & the percentage of […]

Contents include: a review of the efforts of Befrienders International from Apr. 1997 – Mar. 1998, future priorities, trustees report for the year ending 31 Mar. 1998, and the Auditor’s report for the year ending 31 Mar. 1998.

This book is written in Swedish with chapter summaries, figures, & tables in English.

Trends in suicide in Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania were studied for the years 1968-1990. Suicide rates declined sharply from 1986, the year marking the onset of turbulent social change. From 1968-1984, the male suicide rate (per 100,000) was 55.7 in Estonia, 52.5 in Latvia & 51.7 in Lithuania. Female suicide rates were 14.3, 14.3 & […]

Information on the inauguration of the Estonian Swedish Institute of Suicidology is presented in this brief report. The main aim of the Institute is teaching doctors, social workers & teachers about suicidology. The Institute also has some research projects & is planning consulting work.

This article reviews the suicide rates in some of the former USSR republics and does a historical review of suicide in the USSR from the Kruschev era to the present.

Data on the suicide rate from 1922-35 & from 1965-88 were obtained from annual journals & original documents. During the period of Estonian independence (1922-35), the suicide rate was 16.7/100,000. During the Depression this rate temporarily rose to 30 & declined to 20.6 by 1935. From 1965-85, the suicide rate averaged 33/100,000. However, a decline […]