Seasonality of suicide in Eastern Europe: a rejoinder to Lester and Moksony .

Seasonality and time patterns in attempted suicide in Ilam province of Iran: An appraisal of current data of 2010 -2014

Background: Seasonality in suicide has been investigated from the early 19th century to explore the productive environmental variables. Seasonality studies can provide information on prevention and interventions in suicide. In this study, we examined seasonality in suicide and aimed to explore the differences in seasonality between rural and urban areas, mental disorders, and genders. Method...

Associations of Suicide Seasonality with Rural- Urban Residence and Mental Disorders in Ilam, Iran

Evidence for lack of change in seasonality of suicide from Timiş County, Romania.

Evidence from politically and socially stable countries in Northern Europe and the Southern Hemisphere indicates a marked decrease in the seasonality of suicide over the past two decades. Generalizabiity of this trend to societies in transition has not yet been investigated. Data for suicide by hanging in Timiş County of Romania show both a nondecrease in seasonality of suicide for the current ...

الگوی فصلی خودکشی در ایران: یک مرور ساختاریافته

  Background and Aim: Investigation of seasonal suicide might help in learning about the etiology of suicide committers’ behavior. Literature search indicates that a large number of preliminary studies have been carried out on this subject, in many of which seasonal and climatological aspects of suicide have been investigated. In the present study, the seasonal and time pattern of suicide incid...

The influences of place of birth and socioeconomic factors on attempted suicide in a defined population of 4.5 million people.

BACKGROUND Our knowledge of the influence of place of birth and socioeconomic status on attempted suicide in a defined national population is limited. METHODS The study population at baseline in 1993 included approximately 4.5 million Swedish persons aged 25 to 64 years, of whom 570 000 had been born abroad. Each individual was tracked until attempted suicide, remigration, death, or the end o...