ArticleBMC psychiatry2017
The effect of seasonal changes and climatic factors on suicide attempts of young people.
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- Transcultural differences in suicide attempts among children and adolescents with and without migration background, a multicentre study: in Vienna, Berlin, Istanbul.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2022Article
- Seasonal changes and decrease of suicides and suicide attempts in France over the last 10 years.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Changing Seasonal Pattern of Suicides in Korea Between 2000 and 2019.Psychiatry investigation · 2022Article
- Association between daily ambient temperature and drug overdose in Tokyo: a time-series study.Environmental health and preventive medicine · 2022Article
- Short-term exposures to atmospheric evergreen, deciduous, grass, and ragweed aeroallergens and the risk of suicide in Ohio, 2007-2015: Exploring disparities by age, gender, and education level.Environmental research · 2021Article
- Sunshine, temperature and suicidal behaviour in patients treated with antidepressants: an explorative nested case-control study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The effect of meteorological variables on suicide.International journal of biometeorology · 2020Article
- Hot Weather and Suicide Deaths among Older Adults in Hong Kong, 1976-2014: A Retrospective Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Relationship of Nocturnal Wakefulness to Suicide Risk Across Months and Methods of Suicide.The Journal of clinical psychiatry · 2020Article
- Sensitivity to Climate and Weather Changes in Euthymic Bipolar Subjects: Association With Suicide Attempts.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2020Article
- Why Are Suicide Rates Increasing in the United States? Towards a Multilevel Reimagination of Suicide Prevention.Current topics in behavioral neurosciences · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundSeasonal changes and climatic factors like ambient temperature, sunlight duration and rainfall can influence suicidal behavior.
methodsThis study analyses the relationship between seasonal changes and climatic variations and suicide attempts in 2131 young patients in Istanbul, Turkey.
resultsIn our study sample, there was an association between suicide attempts in youths and seasonal changes, as suicide attempts occurred most frequently during summer in females as well as in males. Furthermore, there was a positive correlation between the mean temperature over the past 10 days and temperature at the index day and suicide attempts in females. After seasonality effects were mathematically removed, the mean temperature 10 days before a suicide attempt remained significant in males only, indicating a possible short-term influence of temperature on suicide attempts.
conclusionsThis study shows an association between suicide attempts of young people and climatic changes, in particular temperature changes as well as seasonal changes. Therefore, the influence of seasonal changes and climatic factors on young suicide attempters should get more attention in research to understand the biopsychosocial mechanisms playing a role in suicide attempts of young people. As suicide attempts most frequently occur in young people, further research is of considerable clinical importance.
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