ArticleSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology2012
Attempted suicide among immigrants in European countries: an international perspective.
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- Healthcare use before and after suicide attempt in refugees and Swedish-born individuals.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Article
- Suicide attempt and suicide in refugees in Sweden - a nationwide population-based cohort study.Psychological medicine · 2021Article
- Transcultural Differences in Risk Factors and in Triggering Reasons of Suicidal and Self-Harming Behaviour in Young People with and without a Migration Background.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Mental disorders and suicidal behavior in refugees and Swedish-born individuals: is the association affected by work disability?Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2020Article
- Can We Develop a Risk Map for Suicide Rates? An Ecological Study in Portugal.Community mental health journal · 2020Article
- Epidemiology of Suicide/Suicide Attempt and Its Association with Individual, Family, and Social Factors in Eastern Part of Iran: A Historical Cohort Study.Iranian journal of public health · 2019Article
- Epidemiology of suicidal ideation, suicide attempts, and direct self-injurious behavior in adolescents with a migration background: a representative study.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
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Abstract
purposeThis study compares the frequencies of attempted suicide among immigrants and their hosts, between different immigrant groups, and between immigrants and their countries of origin.
methodsThe material, 27,048 persons, including 4,160 immigrants, was obtained from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour, the largest available European database, and was collected in a standardised manner from 11 European centres in 1989-2003. Person-based suicide-attempt rates (SARs) were calculated for each group. The larger immigrant groups were studied at each centre and compared across centres. Completed-suicide rates of their countries of origin were compared to the SARs of the immigrant groups using rank correlations.
results27 of 56 immigrant groups studied showed significantly higher, and only four groups significantly lower SARs than their hosts. Immigrant groups tended to have similar rates across different centres. Moreover, positive correlation between the immigrant SAR and the country-of-origin suicide rate was found. However, Chileans, Iranians, Moroccans, and Turks displayed high SARs as immigrants despite low suicide rates in the home countries.
conclusionsThe similarity of most immigrant groups' SARs across centres, and the correlation with suicidality in the countries of origin suggest a strong continuity that can be interpreted in either cultural or genetic terms. However, the generally higher rates among immigrants compared to host populations and the similarity of the rates of foreign-born and those immigrants who retained the citizenship of their country of origin point to difficulties in the acculturation and integration process. The positive correlation found between attempted and completed suicide rates suggests that the two are related, a fact with strong implications for suicide prevention.
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