ArticleEnvironmental health and preventive medicine2013
Temperature-associated suicide mortality: contrasting roles of climatic warming and the suicide prevention program in Finland.
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- The Effects of Climate Change on Mental Health.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2023Review
- Prevention of suicides associated with global warming: perspectives from early career psychiatrists.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Increase in Search Interest for "Suicide" and "Depression" for Particular Days of the Week and Times of Day: Analysis Based on Google Trends.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- Seasonal changes and decrease of suicides and suicide attempts in France over the last 10 years.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Climate change, trauma and mental health in Italy: a scoping review.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2022Article
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- Climate Change and Mental Health: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Meteorological Variables and Suicidal Behavior: Air Pollution and Apparent Temperature Are Associated With High-Lethality Suicide Attempts and Male Gender.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesSuicide is a notable cause of death worldwide, and while suicidal behavior appears to be associated with variations in temperature, no estimations are available of climate change impacts on suicide rates. The study aims to evaluate the influence of temperature on suicide mortality, especially on multi-decadal and longer time scales, that is, at scales on which the ongoing warming distinctly operates and is correspondingly appropriate for the current policy responses to warming climate.
methodsOur results are based on an extraordinarily long record of deaths from suicide in Finland from 1751 to 2008, and a similarly long climatic record of ambient temperatures correlative of environmental change in the study region.
resultsWe show that temperature variability explains more than 60 % of the total suicide variance up until the initiation of a national suicide prevention program. Despite ongoing warming, suicide rates have declined since the initiation of the program.
conclusionBy understanding the complexity of suicidal behavior as a response to ambient warming and the observed effects of interventions, our results underline the pressing need for a network of prevention programs to battle against temperature-mediated health hazards.
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