Resource Tag: TIME OF SUICIDE

Background Rates of suicide attempts and deaths are highest on Mondays and these occur more frequently in the morning or early afternoon, suggesting weekly temporal and diurnal variation in suicidal behaviour. It is unknown whether there are similar time trends on social media, of posts relevant to suicide. We aimed to determine temporal and diurnal […]

We investigated suicide timing over different time periods by age, sex and race/ethnicity. A total of 122,107 suicide deaths were identified from the population-based U.S. National Violent Death Reporting System in 18 U.S. states from 2003 through 2014. Suicides significantly increased (p < .05) from March to peak in September before falling, the first week of the […]

Report by SAMHSA reflecing relationship between seasonal changes and visits to the emergency room because of drug-related suicide attempts.

This article describes the completed suicide patterns which occurred in the Timur Laut district of Penang Island, Malaysia. In a prospective cohort study over the three years period (2007-2009) there were 138 cases of suicide deaths. The number of suicide deaths for the year 2007, 2008 and 2009 were 45, 41 and 52 deaths, respectively. […]

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 […]

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 […]

A cohort study of 342,497 American patients diagnosed with prostate cancer from January 1979-December 2004 was conducted. Follow-up started from the date of diagnosis to the end of the first 12 calendar months after diagnosis. The relative risks of suicide & cardiovascular death were calculated as standardised mortality ratios. During the follow-up, 148 men died […]

In this letter to the editor, the authors comment on Fang et al’s 2010 study & report on their own study of the risk of suicide & cardiovascular death in Swedish males diagnosed with prostate cancer. Men diagnosed with advanced or metastatic prostate cancer are at increased risk of suicide, including posttraumatic stress symptoms & […]

This study described suicide behaviours before & during the 4 years following first psychiatric hospitalization, examined associations of demographic & psychiatric risk factors, & developed a suicide risk index for persons with psychotic illnesses. Data came from a first-admission cohort of 529 patients in the Suffolk County Mental Health Project. Prior to first admission, 28.0% […]

The relationship between candidate genes & 2 clinical outcomes, symptomatic improvement & the occurrence of suicidal events, was assessed in a sample of treatment-resistant depressed adolescents. Depressed adolescents were genotyped with respect to 21 polymorphisms on 12 genes that have a reported association with depression, treatment response, or suicidal events. No response was observed between […]

This study investigated risk factors, developmental pathways, & the rate of attempted or completed suicide in a longitudinal population-based prospective birth cohort in Finland. Data was collected prospectively for 10,934 individuals, born in 1966, & alive & resident in Finland at age 16. A total of 121 suicide attempts & 69 suicides had occurred by […]

A case review was done of emergency department records for 286 individuals who died by suicide within 12 months of mental health contact in northwest England, 2003-2005. 124 individuals had attended the emergency department at least once in the year prior to their death &, of these, 35 had attended the emergency department on more […]

Report by SAMHSA reflecing relationship between seasonal changes and visits to the emergency room because of drug-related suicide attempts.

There is substantial evidence of detrimental psychological sequelae following disasters, including terrorist attacks. The effect of these events on extreme responses such as suicide, however, is unclear. This study tested competing hypotheses about such effects by employing autoregressive integrated moving average techniques to model the impact of September 11 & the Oklahoma City bombing on […]

The authors calculated standardised mortality ratios for suicide in 206,129 men & 211,443 women diagnosed with cancer in southeast England between 1996-2005, relative to suicide rates in the general population. A significantly increased risk of suicide was found in men & a moderately increased risk in women. In both genders, relative risk of suicide was […]

This study examined characteristics associated with suicide among older adults admitted to a psychiatric hospital. All persons aged 60 & older living in Denmark & hospitalized with psychiatric disorders during 1990-2000 were included. A case-control design & logistic regression analysis were used. Affective disorders were found to be associated with an almost 2-fold higher risk […]

This study examined suicide in Iranian children, aged 6-15 years. 292 children & adolescents who attempted suicide between 2005-2008 were enrolled in the study. The Children Suicide Questionnaire was applied. The percentage of girls who attempted suicide was 81.8% compared to 18.2% for boys. Most were between 12 & 14 years of age. 43.8% were […]

The extent & nature of unnatural death among people released from Victorian prisons between January 1990-December 1999 were examined. A total of 820 men & women were identified as having died unnatural deaths while not imprisoned prior to July 2000. The unnatural death rate of ex-prisoners was 10 times that found in the general Victorian […]

This study analyzed meteorological conditions at the time of attempted or completed suicides & examined the possible link between the changes of meteorological factors & the frequency of suicidal behaviour in the Mostar region, Bosnia. Results showed meteorological factors of the days with suicidal behaviour were similar to the day prior, but there was a […]

This study examined the risk of suicide in persons diagnosed with dementia during a hospitalization & its relationship to mood disorders. Event-history analysis using time-varying covariates was done of all individuals aged 50 & older living in Denmark during January 1990-December 2000. During the study period, 136 persons who previously had been diagnosed with dementia […]

151 suicide attempt cases monitored & treated at a training hospital’s internal medicine clinic in 2003 were retrospectively evaluated. 59.6% of subjects were male, 70.2% were single, 60.3% were retired or unemployed, 51.75% were privates (non-professional soldiers), & 36.4% were high school graduates. No diagnosis was made in 54.3% of cases while 25.2% had a […]

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This study compared the characteristics of psychiatric & nonpsychiatric suicidal inpatients in a Taiwanese general hospital. Predictors of completed suicide were examined. 110 cases were identified through adverse event reports, 1995-2004. Psychiatric inpatients with suicidal acts were mainly younger females with psychiatric diagnoses & previous suicide attempts. Nonpsychiatric suicidal inpatients had less suicide communication, performed […]