Resource Tag: INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS

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PREVNet (Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network) brings together leading researchers, community organizations, industry and government, funded by the Networks of Centers of Excellence. Launched in 2006, PREVNet’s mission is to stop bullying and promote safe and healthy relationships for all Canadian children and youth. Led by Dr. Wendy Craig of Queen’s University and Dr. […]

This article discusses the lack of a national suicide prevention strategy in Canada, even though Canadian experts were among the first to call attention to suicide as an international public health issue. Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at http://www.cmaj.ca/content/183/1/E27.full

The relationship between general population suicide rates & 4 proxy measures of adversity earlier in life was examined using data from the World Health Organization & the United Nations data banks. General population suicide rates were negatively correlated with the percentage of children under the age of 5 years who were underweight, the percentage of […]

This article reviews evidence supporting the hypothesis that suicide rates in Japan could be reduced by elevating serotonin levels via increasing the average duration of sleep. From the research reviewed, 2 major problematic issues were apparent: most people in Japan receive inadequate sleep & individuals whose sleep is inadequate are unlikely to be sufficiently physically […]

This edited volume has 15 parts including: suicide in a religious & cross-cultural perspective; the magnitude & implication of suicide & attempted suicide; theories of suicidal behaviour; political determinants of suicide; social & economic determinants of suicide; psychiatric & somatic determinants of suicide; suicide risk assessment; cost of suicide & prevention strategies; health care strategies; […]

This report begins by examining some literature on evidence, i.e. a brief up-to-date review of what international suicidologists are recommending should be considered for national strategies. Current national strategies from across the world are reviewed, including some statistical analysis of pre-strategy rates compared to post-strategy rates. Strategies are reviewed for Finland, Norway, Australia, Sweden, New […]

Previous work on suicide acceptability has neglected gender-specific analysis of the marriage-suicide acceptability linkage as well as cross-national analysis. This study fills the gap by analyzing data from 15 countries. Controlling for alternative predictors of suicide acceptability, marriage lowers suicide acceptability for both males & females. Marriage lowers suicide acceptability more for men than for […]

This book provides a summary of information regarding national means restriction policies/strategies & national/provincial intentional overdose prevention policies/strategies & their effectiveness. Policies/strategies that focus on children, youth, & young adults were of particular interest. Part One of this report presents an overview of national means restriction strategies/policies & Part Two focuses on intentional overdose prevention […]

Data on trauma exposure & subsequent first onset of suicidal behaviour were collected via structured interviews conducted in the households of 102,245 respondents in 21 countries. Bivariate & multivariate survival models tested the relationship between the type & number of traumatic events & subsequent suicidal behaviour. Sexual & interpersonal violence showed the strongest effects. A […]

Gender-related suicide & unemployment rates for 1964-1986 from 23 western countries were reviewed. A statistically significant correlation was found for both genders for 1974-1986 which saw major increases in suicide & unemployment in many western nations. As unemployment reached a critical level the statistical link with suicide became stronger. Major gender changes occurred, in particular […]

This paper reviews the literature on gunshot suicide in the United Kingdom & the international literature with reference to prevention strategies. Trends in gun ownership & changes in firearm legislation in the United Kingdom over the previous 20 years are described. Over the past 20 years, the number of gunshot suicides in the United Kingdom […]

The relationship between general population suicide rates & the prevalence of Internet users was examined in a cross-national study using data from the World Health Organization & the United Nations websites. The prevalence of Internet users was significantly & positively correlated with general population suicide rates in both genders. On multiple regression analysis the prevalence […]

This study documents a paradox: the happiest places have the highest suicide rates. The study combines findings from 2 large & rich individual-level data sets – one on life satisfaction & another on suicide deaths – to establish the paradox in a consistent way across American states. It replicates the finding in data on Western […]

Suicide rates for males & females in the age-bands 65-74 years & 75 & older were ascertained from the World Health Organization website for all the listed countries. Cross-national variations were examined by segregating different countries into 4 quartiles of elderly suicide rates. Suicide rates between males & females & between the 2 age-bands were […]

Durkheim’s nineteenth-century analysis of national suicide rates dismissed prior concerns about mortality data fidelity. Over the intervening century, evidence documenting various types of error in suicide data has only mounted & surprising levels of such error continue to be routinely uncovered. Yet the annual suicide rate remains the most widely used population-level suicide metric troday. […]

This report was prepared to highlight the state of suicide & suicide prevention in Australia with a view to developing a more effective national response. Discussion includes: introduction to suicide, attempted suicide, & self-inflicted harm; prevalence & consequences of suicide; personal experiences of services, stories of hope & survival; why people suicide & self-harm; what […]

This book includes the following chapters: 1) Emile Durkheim & the concept of anomie; 2) the meaning of suicidality; 3) epidemiological issues related to suicide & self-inflicted injuries; 4) the community approach & the need to develop safety promotion; 5) the “safe communities” model in suicide prevention; 6) Specific Example 1: Arjeplog, Sweden; 7) Specific […]

Low-income countries in Asia & the Pacific have the highest burden of suicide in the world. The distinctions between risk groups & suicide methods not only indicate the urgent need for suicide research & intervention, but also raise the question of whether strategies designed for populations in high-income countries are appropriate for developing countries & […]

This study investigated some features of suicides in the Trakya region of Turkey. During the 21-year period, January 1984-September 2004, there were 137 suicides autopsied. Suicides comprised 16.1% of all forensic autopsies. 27% of cases were between 21 & 30 years of age. Males constituted 78.1% of cases. Suicide rates in males showed an increase […]

This study investigated priorities in mental health among researchers & other stakeholders in low- & middle-income countries. A 2-stage design included identification, through literature searches & snowball technique, of researchers & stakeholders in 114 countries & a mail survey. The study identified broad agreement between researchers & stakeholders & across regions regarding research priorities. Depression/anxiety, […]

Linear regression was used to examine associations among infant homicide, homicide, & suicide in samples of regions in the United States & other countries. Infant homicide rates were significantly & independently associated in all analyses with both total homicide & total suicide rates. The epidemiological evidence supports the clinical observation that infant homicides are due […]

In ten nations from 1900 to 1988, birth rates were more consistently & more strongly associated with suicide rates than were marriage rates, confirming the results of a study in Bavaria by Wiedenmann & Weyerer. Countries examined included: England/Wales, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, & Switzerland. (5 refs.) JA