Resource Tag: NORWAY

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 […]

Research among Vietnam veterans shows that posttraumatic stress disorder & feelings of shame & guilt are risk factors for suicide. Data on Canadian peacekeepers seem to show that these peacekeepers are not at risk for suicide. However, Norwegian peacekeeping veterans are at risk for suicide as well as some groups of active duty military personnel. […]

The present study investigated whether deficits in autobiographical memory may be associated with an increased frequency of suicide attempts in patients with schizophrenia. The authors found support for their hypothesis that patients with schizophrenia & previous suicide attempts have an over-generalized autobiographical memory compared to patients with schizophrenia without previous suicide attempts. Adjustment for sociodemographic […]

This chapter presents the results of a study on the number of suicides among Norwegian police officers in the period 1972-1996. Questionnaires & structured indepth interviews were done. A total of 41 police officers, 38 male & 3 female, died by suicide. For male officers, the suicide rate increased from 10.0 to 34.3 per 100,000 […]

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The frequency of suicide attempts & clinical characteristics of attempters among poly-substance abusers & alcoholics were examined. A consecutive sample of 260 in- & out-patients from 2 Norwegian counties were assessed. When analysing the association between suicide attempters & the range of predictor variables, logistic regression analysis was conducted. Almost half of the sample reported […]

The Norwegian national strategy for suicide prevention, the second of its kind in the world, launched in 1994, has been developed through several phases over the last decade. Although a main focus has been put on health-related measures, a range of additional arenas for suicide prevention have been targeted, including educational programmes, public information, restriction […]

Suicide rates in Norway roughly doubled from the end of the 1960s to the late 1980s. As a consequence of this increase, the Norwegian Parliament decided to launch a suicide prevention plan running from 1994-1999, later prolonged for another 3 years. Experiences, results, & further challenges in establishing & running a national suicide prevention programme […]

The practical implementation of some of the goals in the Norwegian national suicide prevention plan at the regional level is presented. Both the rationale behind & the aims of building a network of professionals & volunteers are outlined. Information on the work done to raise systematically the level of competence at various levels in the […]

This article discusses the incidence of suicide & suicide prevention among gays & lesbians in Norway. Community surveys have shown young people express fairly negative attitudes towards lesbians & gays. Risk factors for suicide in these populations are discussed as are prevention strategies that begin with the acknowledgement lesbians & gays constitute a risk group. […]

In this letter to the editor, Lester briefly reports on a study exploring the association of tobacco consumption & rates of suicide & homicide over time in Norway. Simple Pearson correlation coefficients indicated that the percentage of smokers was negatively associated with male suicide & homicide rates but not with female suicide & homicide rates. […]