National suicide rates 1961-2003: Further analysis of nordic data for suicide, autopsies and ill-defined death rates

Reseland, Svein, Le Noury, Joanna, Aldred, Graham and Healy, David 2008. National suicide rates 1961-2003: Further analysis of nordic data for suicide, autopsies and ill-defined death rates. Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics 77 (2) , pp. 78-82. 10.1159/000112884

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Concerns about the risk-benefit ratio of treatment with antidepressants in the light of recent evidence pointing to a risk of suicide induction during the course of treatment with antidepressants. These concerns have led to a series of recent studies exploring national rates of suicide and correlating these with data on antidepressant consumption. METHODS: We have compared suicide rates in the Nordic countries with autopsy and ill-defined death rates, and antidepressant sales, during the period 1961 through to 2003. RESULTS: There is a close correlation between suicide rates and both autopsy and ill-defined death rates. CONCLUSIONS: The role of autopsies and other factors in the registration of a death as a suicide appear to need further clarification.

Item Type:	Article
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	Karger
ISSN:	1423-0348
Last Modified:	25 Nov 2015 14:13
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/82328

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