ArticlePsychological medicine2021
Suicide attempt and suicide in refugees in Sweden - a nationwide population-based cohort study.
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- Prevalence of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among refugees: a meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2022Pooled it
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- Feasibility and Acceptability Study of a Culturally Adapted Web-Based Intervention to Reduce Suicidal Ideation for Syrian Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the United Kingdom: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
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- Suicide rates amongst individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds: A systematic review and meta-analysis.EClinicalMedicine · 2022Article
- Suicidal ideation among recently arrived refugees in Germany.BMC psychiatry · 2022Article
- Prevalence and Factors Associated With Suicidal Ideation Among Adult Eritrean Refugees in Northern Ethiopia.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
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- Risk of suicide attempt and suicide in young adult refugees compared to their Swedish-born peers: a register-based cohort study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Article
- Trajectories of antidepressant use before and after a suicide attempt among refugees and Swedish-born individuals: a cohort study.International journal for equity in health · 2021Article
- Healthcare use before and after suicide attempt in refugees and Swedish-born individuals.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2021Article
- Country of birth, time period of resettlement and subsequent treated common mental disorders in young refugees in Sweden.European journal of public health · 2020Article
- Mortality and major disease risk among migrants of the 1991-2001 Balkan wars to Sweden: A register-based cohort study.PLoS medicine · 2020Article
- Recruitment and Baseline Characteristics of Participants in the "Sanadak" Trial: A Self-Help App for Syrian Refugees with Post-traumatic Stress.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
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Abstract
backgroundDespite a reported high rate of mental disorders in refugees, scientific knowledge on their risk of suicide attempt and suicide is scarce. We aimed to investigate (1) the risk of suicide attempt and suicide in refugees in Sweden, according to their country of birth, compared with Swedish-born individuals and (2) to what extent time period effects, socio-demographics, labour market marginalisation (LMM) and morbidity explain these associations.
methodsThree cohorts comprising the entire population of Sweden, 16-64 years at 31 December 1999, 2004 and 2009 (around 5 million each, of which 3.3-5.0% refugees), were followed for 4 years each through register linkage. Additionally, the 2004 cohort was followed for 9 years, to allow analyses by refugees' country of birth. Crude and multivariate hazard ratios (HRs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were computed. The multivariate models were adjusted for socio-demographic, LMM and morbidity factors.
resultsIn multivariate analyses, HRs regarding suicide attempt and suicide in refugees, compared with Swedish-born, ranged from 0.38-1.25 and 0.16-1.20 according to country of birth, respectively. Results were either non-significant or showed lower risks for refugees. Exceptions were refugees from Iran (HR 1.25; 95% CI 1.14-1.41) for suicide attempt. The risk for suicide attempt in refugees compared with the Swedish-born diminished slightly across time periods.
conclusionsRefugees seem to be protected from suicide attempt and suicide relative to Swedish-born, which calls for more studies to disentangle underlying risk and protective factors.
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