Latest Epidemiology of suicide Stories
Researchers reported Tuesday that suicide rates appear to be increasing, with middle-aged white women becoming a rising factor. The overall suicide rate rose 0.7 percent between 1999 and 2005, researchers said.They noticed a disturbing increase, and that the pattern had changed although the reasons behind the change are not clear.The rate for white men aged 40 to 64 rose 2.7 percent and for middle-aged women 3.9 percent, the team at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore reported in the...
A history of psychiatric disorders or substance abuse is a strong predictor of post-partum suicide attempts, U.S. researchers said. Lead investigator Katherine A. Comtois of the Harborview Injury Prevention and Research Center and the University of Washington School of Medicine said maternal suicide after giving birth is relatively rare, but suicide attempts often have long-lasting effects on the family and the infant. The researchers used the hospitalization and birth records from...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Shorter men may be more likely than their taller peers to commit suicide -- suggesting, researchers say, that various factors related to growth and development also affect suicide risk later in life.In a study of records for nearly 1.3 million Swedish men, the investigators found that for every 2 inches a man gained in height, his suicide risk dipped by 9 percent. Overall, the shortest men in the study were about twice as likely as the tallest men to commit...
