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Stroke victims at twice the risk of suicide
Stroke victims are at twice the risk of suicide, finds a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The increased risk remains for around five years after the stroke.   view more (2001-11-09)

Twins have lower risk of suicide than general population
Twins have a lower risk of suicide compared with the general population, concludes a study in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-08-12)

Further Evidence Linking Suicide Risk To Family History (p 1126)
A Danish study in this week's issue of THE LANCET provides further evidence linking a family history of psychiatric illness and suicide to increased suicide risk-the study also shows how a family history of suicide and psychiatric illness act independently and are not influenced by socio-economic... view more (2002-10-09)

Serious physical illness linked to suicide in later life
Most people who commit suicide late in life suffer from depression, but the role of physical illness is less clear. A study in this week’s BMJ finds that serious physical illness also carries an increased risk of suicide in elderly people.   view more (2002-06-05)

Suicide rates in the developing world are grossly under-reported
Reported suicide rates for developing countries are misleading, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Centred on 85 villages in the Kaniyambadi region of southern India, researchers used verbal autopsies - an agreement on cause of death by a local team of health workers - to gather data on deaths... view more (2003-05-21)

Women with cosmetic breast implants more likely to commit suicide
Women who undergo cosmetic surgery for breast augmentation are more likely to commit suicide than women from the general population, finds a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers identified 3,521 Swedish women aged 15-69 years who had had breast implants between 1965 and 1993. They compared the... view more (2003-03-05)

Short birth length more than doubles risk of violent suicide attempts
Short male babies run more than double the risk of a violent suicide attempt as an adult, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.   view more (2008-01-18)

Sleep disturbances among the elderly linked to suicide
Self-reported sleep complaints among the elderly serve as a risk factor for completed suicide.   view more (2007-06-14)

Unemployment Can Triple Risk Of Suicide
Unemployment carries up to three times the risk of suicide, suggests research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The findings held true even after taking account of risk factors, such as household income, education, and marital status. The researchers based their findings on the... view more (2003-07-25)

Suicide in China - underlying risk factors similar to western countries (p 1728)
Authors of a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight that the underlying causes of suicide in China-a country with a high suicide rate-are similar to the causes reported in western populations, despite a substantially lower rate of mental illness among suicides in China (63% compared... view more (2002-11-22)

Young adults not at risk of suicidal behavior from antidepressants
Antidepressants lower the risk of suicide attempt in adults with depression, according to a study published in the July issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry.   view more (2007-07-09)

Different Approaches Required For Monitoring Suicide Trends (p 961)
UK authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET suggest that conventional methods for assessing trends in suicide rates-which show an overall reduction in suicide in England and Wales over the past two decades-have masked an important increase in suicide rates among younger men.... view more (2003-09-17)

Post-partum suicide attempt risks studied
Although maternal suicide after giving birth is a relatively rare occurrence, suicide attempts often have long-lasting effects on the family and the infant. In a study published in the August 2008 issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, researchers compared two populations of... view more (2008-08-06)

Increased antidepressant prescribing linked with fewer suicides
In Australia, suicide rates have fallen most in those groups of people most exposed to antidepressant drugs, especially older people.   view more (2003-05-07)

Mental health problems do not explain links between handgun ownership and US suicide rates
Mental health problems do not explain the increased risk of suicide among handgun owners, concludes research in Injury Prevention.   view more (2002-12-03)

Suicide awareness, prevention programs needed in schools
When it comes to talking about suicide, Americans avoid the topic much the same way they skirted discussions about sex 20 years ago.   view more (2006-05-01)

Does the Internet really influence suicidal behavior?
People searching the Internet for information about suicide methods are most likely to come across sites that encourage suicide rather than sites offering help and support, finds a study in this week�s issue of the BMJ.   view more (2008-04-11)

Copycat effect 14 times more likely after celebrity suicide
The copycat effect is 14 times more likely after a celebrity suicide, reveals an analysis in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. And newspaper reports are more powerful than television coverage of a suicide. The researchers used statistical analyses to re-assess some 293 findings from... view more (2003-03-17)

Regular follow-up important during antidepressant treatment
Because individuals can react differently to antidepressant medications, regular follow-up is important during the first few weeks of treatment, according to an editorial by Group Health psychiatrist and researcher Greg Simon, MD, MPH.   view more (2006-11-01)

Antidepressants account for only 10% of fall in suicide rates among older people
The use of antidepressants is likely to account for only 10 per cent of the fall in suicide rates among middle aged and older people, suggests a large study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.   view more (2008-04-15)

Media may facilitate suicidal acts
The media should be more aware of their potential influence on suicide, according to several letters in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-02-26)

Study highlights potential link between schizophrenia and suicide in China (pp 1016, 1062)
The potential relationship of two important public health problems for China-schizophrenia and suicide-is highlighted by an epidemiological study in this week's issue of THE LANCET.   view more (2004-09-15)

Increased suicide risk from low birthweight babies and those born to teenage mothers (pp 1102, 1135)
Results of a prospective population study from Sweden in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how low birthweight and being born to a teenage mother are independent risk factors associated with increased risk of suicide in later life. The study also shows how being born fourth or more in... view more (2004-09-22)

Recognising mental illness in young people could prevent suicides
Recognising mental illness in young people and dealing with it appropriately could help prevent suicides, concludes a study in this week's BMJ. Researchers in Denmark identified 496 cases of suicide during 1981-97 in young people aged 10-21 years. They matched each case to a random sample of 50... view more (2002-07-10)

Guns in homes strongly associated with higher rates of suicide
In the first nationally representative study to examine the relationship between survey measures of household firearm ownership and state level rates of suicide in the U.S., researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) found that suicide rates among children, women and men of all ages... view more (2007-04-11)
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