کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
327445 542887 2011 7 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Tobacco consumption and antidepressant use are associated with the rate of completed suicide in Hungary: An ecological study
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی روانپزشکی بیولوژیکی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Tobacco consumption and antidepressant use are associated with the rate of completed suicide in Hungary: An ecological study
چکیده انگلیسی

The suicide rate of Hungary is the highest in the world averaged over the last century but it has shown a very pronounced decrease since 1987. To explore the background of this decrease we investigated the associations between some known suicide-related factors (i.e. tobacco use, antidepressant use and alcohol consumption at the population level) and the suicide rate between 1985 and 2008. The total number of man-hours worked per year by psychiatrists in the outpatient service system and real GDP growth were also monitored in our study. A time series analysis model was constructed to investigate the associations between the above variables and the suicide rate. In the unadjusted model annual tobacco consumption was significantly associated with the suicide rate in a positive manner, while antidepressant use and man-hours were significantly associated with the suicide rate in a negative manner. After adjustment, the associations remained significant only for tobacco consumption and antidepressant use. Neither alcohol consumption nor real GDP growth was associated with the suicide rate in any models. Our results from group-level data confirmed the role of smoking in suicidal behavior previously suggested mainly by studies using individual-level data and also corroborated the results of previous ecological studies concerning the inverse association between antidepressant use and suicide rate. These findings and the results of previous studies – investigating the relationship between smoking and the risk of suicidal behavior at the individual-level – may suggest that programs to prevent tobacco use or to address the widespread recognition and treatment of depression may also prevent suicidality.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Journal of Psychiatric Research - Volume 45, Issue 4, April 2011, Pages 488–494
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