Resource Tag: NETHERLANDS

This study identified time trends & demographic differences in the occurrence of nonfatal suicide attempts versus suicides in Amsterdam. Registrations of forensic physicians & ambulance services were used to study 1,004 suicides & 6,166 nonfatal attempts over the period 1996-2005. The number of nonfatal attempts declined from 1996 to 2005, but the number of suicides […]

This chapter examines the life and suicide of Vincent van Gogh. Analysis is based on correspondence to & from van Gogh. (30 refs.)

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The prevalence & vulnerability to suicide ideation was investigated across several ethnic minority versus ethnic majority adolesents in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Levels of suicide ideation among adolescents of Turkish background were significantly higher than in both majority & other minority adolescents. These adolescents reported they did not enjoy being at home with their families. Psychological […]

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Data were derived from The Netherlands Mental Health Survey & Incidence Study to examine the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the general population, what proportion received care, & what factors motivated help-seeking. The lifetime prevalence of bipolar disorder was 1.9%. Compared to other mental disorders, people with bipolar disorder were more often incapacitated, were more […]

This study examines homicides followed by a suicide attempt by the perpetrator. The authors examine to what extent these events can be understood as being primarily an expresson of homicidal or suicidal behaviour. In total, 77 homicide-parasuicides are compared to 430 homicides & 161 parasuicides. Results show homicide-parasuicides constitute a different category of lethal violence […]

The management by general practitioners of help requests from relatives bereaved by suicide was investigated & determinants of their willingness to refer for evidence-based follow-up care was examined. A cross-sectional survey included 488 general practitioners in the northern part of The Netherlands. 214 responses were received. In the last 3 years, 38 general practitioners were […]

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In this presentation, data on general hospital admission rates for attempted suicide in The Netherlands for 1970, 1973, & 1976 were examined. Over the study period, the admission rate rose 70% & was mainly explained by the doubling of admissions for self-poisoning. Women had higher absolute rates than men but the relative increase was less […]

In this presentation, the author discussed the test of a hypothesis that the female/male parasuicide ratio might be a reflection of the difference in use of services rather than a typical parasuicide phenomenon. An inpatient case register in The Netherlands provided the data. Rates of admission for attempted suicide with & without correction for difference […]

This study aimed to assess the differences among intimate partner homicide perpetrators who did or did not engage in a self-destructive act following the homicide. Descriptive & bivariate analyses of predictive variables were obtained from the records of 341 male intimate partner homicide perpetrataors held at a Dutch forensic observation hospital between 1980-2006; 44 attempted […]

In this letter to the editor, Hubbeling comments on a study by Huisman & colleagues (2009) on whether the feedback provided by the Dutch Health Care Inspectorate was in agreement with the American Psychiatric Association’s guidelines for the assessment & treatment of suicidal patients. Hubbeling questions the use of the American guidelines as a standard […]

In “Le Suicide”, Durkheim found involvement in religious communities is inversely related to suicide risk. In this article, 2 explanations for this relationship are examined. One is that religious networks provide support; the other is that religious communities prohibit suicide. Individual-level data on suicide in the Netherlands from 1936-1973 are used. Results show that with […]

85 young women who harmed themselves were compared with 93 young women without a history of deliberate self-harm across a broad range of cognitive emotion regulation strategies. Significant group differences were found for all measures even when depression severity was controlled for. In addition, logistic regression analyses showed that both cognitive content strategies & cognitive […]

This study of the Task Force on Suicide in Prisons uncovered many differences between countries in suicide prevention activities in prisons. Mental health professionals remain central in all such activities with inmate peer support & correctional officers also playing critical roles. There is great variation in the involvement of outside community workers. These differences could […]

Contrary to Durkheim’s theory of suicide during wartime, the Netherlands had high suicide rates in 1940 & 1945. To explain these findings, the authors propose the social integration theory, according to which, people who expect to be excluded from society are more likely to die by suicide. This idea is examined using individual-level data on […]

This article explores multi-disciplinary explanations for suicidal behaviour among young Hindustani immigrant women in the Netherlands. It is suggested young Hindustani women who display suicidal behaviour possess certain personality & cognitive constellations that are interlocked with specific parenting styles in stressful family environments. These families are embedded in a context of moral transformations & may […]

Chronic dysfunction after complicated grief is not rare & emphasizes the need to identify bereaved individuals at risk. Three months following bereavement, self-reported psychiatric & general health of 153 relatives of 74 suicide victims was worse than that of 70 relatives of 39 natural deaths. Moreover, the felt need for professional help was higher among […]

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