Resource Tag: SEX DIFFERENCES

Accumulating data indicate that the glutamate system is disrupted in major depressive disorder (MDD), and recent clinical research suggests that ketamine, an antagonist of the N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) glutamate receptor (GluR), has rapid antidepressant efficacy. Here we report findings from gene expression studies of a large cohort of postmortem subjects, including subjects with MDD and controls. […]

Background This study describes the association between unemployment and cause-specific mortality for a cohort of working-age Canadians. Methods We conducted a cohort study over an 11-year period among a broadly representative 15% sample of the non-institutionalized population of Canada aged 30Ð69 at cohort inception in 1991 (888,000 men and 711,600 women who were occupationally active). […]

This study examined the likelihood of a past suicide attempt for urban American Indian youth, given salient risk & proective factors. Survey data from 569 urban in-school youths, ages 9-15, was used. Logistic regression determined probabilities of past suicide attempts. For girls, suicidal histories were associated with substance use (risk) & positive mood (protective). For […]

The clinical epidemiology, including case fatality & determinants of self-harm, were examined in six island blocks of the Sundarban region of West Bengal, India. The clinical records of 1277 patients admitted to hospital for deliberate self-harm between 1999-2001 were examined. Women accounted for 65.2% of deliberate self-harm admissions & 67.1% of the deaths. Pesticides were […]

The authors compared suicide & poisoning mortality trends over 2 decades in a preliminary assessment of their independence & implications for suicide misclassification. Subjects were 936,633 Americans who died between 1987-2006 & whose underlying cause of death was classified as suicide, unintentional poisoning, or injury mortality of undetermined intent. In contrast to small rate changes […]

The demographics, precipitating factors, substances & methods used for deliberate self-harm in Oman are described. Data were extracted from the records of patients treated at emergency units in Muscat from 1993-1998. During the 5-year study period, 123 persons presented to hospital with injuries that resulted from deliberate self-harm. Most cases involved women, students, & the […]

296 cases of suicide occurring between 1993-2002 & examined in the Department of Forensic Medicine, Imphal, India were studied. There was a predominance of male cases & the most common method was hanging. Suicide by firearm was the method of choice among security personnel. The highest number of suicides was seen in individuals age 21-30 […]

Relationships among attempted suicide, nonsuicidal self-harm, & physical assault were examined in 400 regular users of heroin &/or psychostimulants. 28% had episodes of nonsuicidal self-harm, 32% had attempted suicide, & 95% had been violently assaulted. The number of suicide attempts & nonsuicidal self-harm incidents were correlated. There were also significant correlations between the number of […]

This paper reports on 159 suicides during 2003-2004 & examined post-mortem in an unidentified district of India. A detailed study was done of age, gender, time of suicide, socioeconomic status, education, & precipitating conditions. Information was also sought from victims’ relatives & suicide notes, where available. Psychosocial factors, like family disputes, played a greater role […]

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A population-based study of elderly suicide was undertaken, including 1008 suicides in Middle Franconia between 2004-2007. Data was analyzed regarding gender, methods, initiating motive, & chronobiological factors at the time of death. Higher rates of suicide were observed in the population at risk over 65 years old, in both genders. There were significant differences regarding […]

This study explored the impact of global warming on suicide mortality, using data from Italy. Monthly data on suicide mortality & temperature were obtained for 1974-2003 & the relation between them was investigated using the Gaussian low-pass filter, linear correlation analysis, & rank analysis. For males, increasing anomalies in monthly average temperatures associated to a […]

The impact of widowhood on suicide & accident mortality in Ireland was investigated using Poisson regression analysis applied to routine data relating to all 10,561 suicidal & accidental deaths of married or widowed persons aged at leat 35 years in Ireland during 1986-2005. Mortality rates were almost always higher among the widowed & often by […]

Using data from the “Surveillance for Violent Deaths – National Violent Death Reporting System, 16 States, 2005” (Karch et al, 2008), it is possible to extrapolate that as many as 7,832 male & 1,958 female domestic violence-related suicides occur annually in the United States. When domestic violence-related suicides are combined with domestic violence homicides, the […]

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 […]

A year-long prospective study of all patients admitted for deliberate self-harm at 13 block primary health centres of the Sundarban region was done to examine the sociodemographic profile & clinical outcome of suicidal behaviour. A total of 1614 self-harm subjects were admitted during the year; 143 died. Although women, especially in the younger age groups, […]

This study examined features of a sample of newly admitted suicidal psychiatric patients in Tokyo. 155 patients consecutively admitted during a 20-month period were assessed. Associations of psychiatric diagnoses & suicidal behaviour-related characteristics with gender & age were examined. Features of the sample were the high prevalence of affective disorders, anxiety disorders, & borderline personality […]

Article looks at drug overdose as a preventable suicide method. No pronounced sex differences in drug self-poisoning rates were found and that suicide by drug overdose is prevetable.

This study examined the spatial distribution of suicide at a Local Governmental Area level & identified the areas with a high relative risk of suicide in Queensland, Australia, using geographical information system techniques. Data were collected on suicide & demographic variables in each area between 1999-2003 & an age-standarised mortality rate was calculated. Far north […]

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This study examined the association between posttraumatic stress disorder & suicide in a population-based Danish sample. All suicides between January 1994-December 2006 were included, & controls were selected from a sample of all Danish residents. Using a nested case-control design, the authors examined 9,612 suicides & 199,306 matched controls. 38 suicide cases & 95 controls […]

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The authors investigated age-, gender-, & method-specific trends in suicide in England & Wales, 1861-2007. Rates in males were consistently higher than females throughout the 19th & 20th centuries, although the male-to-female ratio fluctuated from 4:1 in the 1880s to 1.5:1 in the 1960s. Suicide rates increased in all age groups in the 1930s, coinciding […]