Resource Tag: NORWAY

Background: Monitoring self-reported suicide attempts (SA) with nationally representative surveys is important to initiate suicide prevention strategies. The aim of the study was to assess the prevalence of SA and compare deliberate self-harm, (DSH), mental health, drug misuse and traumas between SA and non-suicide attempters (NSA). Methods: In this cross-sectional survey of a representative sample (N=1757) of […]

Background Interpersonal violence is a leading cause of morbidity, with potentially severe adverse consequences for the mental health of the injured persons. The extent to which violent injury is associated with subsequent suicidal behavior, however, remains unclear. This study aimed to examine how violent injury was associated with subsequent deliberate self-harm and death by suicide. […]

Background: The suicide rate in Norway has remained relatively stable despite 25 years of government-funded suicide prevention efforts. Aim: We aimed to gather experiences of the professionals responsible for implementing suicide prevention action plans and guidelines and/or involved in relevant research. Method: We conducted semistructured interviews with 22 professionals about their reflections on the priorities and work done so far […]

Objective To compare suicide rates of people in prison and the general population in the Nordic countries. Methods Data on deaths by suicide and person-years for people in prison and the general population were obtained for the Nordic countries during 2000–2016. Age-standardized rate ratios were calculated. Results The suicide rate in the Nordic countries overall […]

Existing research has established child welfare (CW) clients as a vulnerable group for developing negative life trajectories, including mental health problems, work- and education-related challenges and premature mortality. Knowledge of later life conditions including suicidality of clients within child welfare services (CWS) in the Nordic countries is scarce. The overall aim is therefore to gain […]

Purpose The purpose of the study is to explore how professionals working with suicide prevention experience the influence of the national guidelines on mental healthcare, and to gather recommendations for which steps to take next. Methods This is a qualitative study with an explorative design. We interviewed 22 professionals responsible for implementing suicide prevention action […]

Health promotion is a complex activity that requires analytic methods that recognize the contested nature of it definition, the barriers and supports for such activities, and its embeddedness within the politics of distribution. In this commentary I critique a recent study of municipalities’ implementation of the Norwegian Public Health Act that employed analysis of “yes” or […]

Background: Mental disorders are strongly associated with excess suicide risk, and successful treatment might prevent suicide. Since 1990, and particularly after 1998, there has been a substantial increase in mental health service resources in Norway. This study aimed to investigate whether these changes have had an impact on suicide mortality. Methods: We used Poisson regression […]

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The objective of this study was to explore whether parental heavy drinking is associated with suicidal behavior in adolescents, and if so, whether this association is stronger among younger adolescents and whether a possible impact of one parent’s intoxication adds to that of the other parent. Two cross-sectional school surveys were conducted in 2002 and […]

To study the relation between self-reported mental health & risk of suicide, the authors prospectively followed a population-based cohort of middle-aged Norwegians. Females reported higher levels of mental distress than males. In comparison with persons reporting the fewest mental health symptoms, the adjusted hazard ratio for suicide increased from 1.8 in the moderately depressed group […]

This study tested the effectiveness of a community-based suicide prevention team in preventing repeated suicide attempts & suicides, as part of a chain-of-care model for all general hospital treated suicide attempters in Baerum, Norway. Data has been collected consecutively since 1984. Between January 1984-December 2007, 1616 subjects were registered as having attempted suicide; 197 made […]

This study illuminated the experiences of suicidal behaviour in young Norwegian men with long-term substance abuse & interpreted their narratives with regard to meaning. Data were collected using open-ended, in-depth interviews. A phenomenological hermeneutic approach was used to analyse the data. 3 themes were identified: the meaning of relating; the meaning of reflecting; & the […]

Over one year, 1,245 consecutive psychiatric patients from a Norwegian catchment area were included at index admission & reassessed in cases of readmission. After a mean follow-up period of 562 days, a total of 1,234 readmissions were reassessed. Outcome variables included acute readmissions & readmissions for suicide risk. 54% of the index admissions & 62% […]

This study explored differences in psychosocial factors & referrals to follow-up among Norwegian self-poisoning patients according to their evaluated intention. A cross-sectional multicentre study of all 908 admissions to hospital in Oslo during 1 year was completed. 37% of all incidents were suicide attempts, 26% were appeals, & 38% were related to substance use. 55% […]

This study identified predictors of a high level of quality of care for suicide attempters at general hospital emergency departments in Norway. Structured interviews with key informants covering the quality of care of patients admitted following attempted suicide were conducted in 1999 & 2006 at 87% of all general hospitals. Hospitals having implemented a chain […]

The aim of this study was to interpret the lived experience of hope in some patients hospitalized for intentional self-harm. 12 persons that had engaged in suicidal behaviour by overdosing on medications were interviewed shortly after hospitalization & asked to narrate about their hopes. Transcripts were analyzed using a phenomenological hermeneutic method inspired by Ricouer’s […]

This study investigated the course of suicidal behaviour over the first 2 years of comprehensive, integrated treatment in 2 groups of patients with DSM-IV first episode schizophrenia spectrum psychosis, where 1 group was recruited through an early detection program. It has been shown previously that the rate of severe suicidal behaviour was lower in the […]

This study examined predictors for readmission in patients admitted to a general hospital emergency ward for suicide attempts before & after organizational changes potentially affecting the chain of care. Data from periods before & after 2004 – when the hospital changed its catchment area – were compared. A substantial increase in readmission rates in the […]

Collaboration between emergency departments in general hospitals & community health services in Norway when providing psychosocial care & aftercare to suicide attempt patients treated in emergency departments was studied. Data were collected through structured interviews with informants from 95% of all general hospitals in 1999 & 2006, & informants from a stratified sample of municipalities […]

This study examined whether the rapid increase in sales of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors & the corresponding decline in tricyclic antidepressants in the period 1990-1998 were associated with a decline in suicide rates in Denmark, Finland, Norway, & Sweden. Aggregated suicide rates for 1975-2006 were obtained & the sales figures for antidepressants were provided from […]

This study investigated whether extensive change in institutional psychiatric care resulted in shortened psychiatric hospitals stays for suicide attempters. It also examined if length of hospital stay & time period in which patients received treatment were related to the risk of a repeat suicide attempt &/or dying by suicide. All cases of suicide attempters hospitalized […]

This study compared attitudes towards suicide among regional politicians in Austria, Hungary, Lithuania, Norway, & Sweden. The Attitudes Towards Suicide questionnaire was used. Results indicated the acceptance of suicide was higher among Lithuanian, Hungarian, & Austrian politicians (high suicide rate, no national prevention strategies) than among Norwegian & Swedish politicians (relatively low suicide rates, national […]