2 Suicide prevention in Finland

Suicide in bipolar disorder in Finland.

OBJECTIVE The authors examined suicides of persons with bipolar disorder in aspects relevant to suicide prevention, including clinical features, treatment contacts, adequacy of treatment received, communication of suicidal intent, and suicide methods. METHODS All suicide victims with DSM-III-R bipolar I disorder among all 1,397 suicides in Finland within a 12-month period were carefully studi...

Youth suicide trends in Finland, 1969-2008.

BACKGROUND There are only a few recent studies on secular trends in child and adolescent suicides. We examine here trends in rates and methods of suicide among young people in Finland, where suicide rates at these ages are among the highest in the world. METHODS The data, obtained from Statistics Finland, consisted of all suicides (n = 901) committed by persons under 18 years of age over the ...

Relationship between daylength and suicide in Finland

BACKGROUND Many previous studies have documented seasonal variation in suicides globally. We re-assessed the seasonal variation of suicides in Finland and tried to relate it to the seasonal variation in daylength and ambient temperature and in the discrepancy between local time and solar time. METHODS The daily data of all suicides from 1969 to 2003 in Finland (N = 43,393) were available. The...

Depression, suicide, and suicide prevention in schizophrenia.

Suicide is the single largest cause of premature death among individuals with schizophrenia. Furthermore, epidemiological data indicate that nearly 80% of patients with the diagnosis of schizophrenia will experience a major depressive episode at some time during their lifetime. This report reviews recent findings relative to the risk of suicide in schizophrenia, including data from the Chestnut...

Suicide Prevention