ArticlePsychological medicine2024
Divorce and risk of suicide attempt: a Swedish national study.
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- Mental health and macroeconomics: economic and social determinants that explain suicide in Ecuador.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Clinical Outcomes Following Suicide Attempts: In-Hospital Mortality and Discharge Against Medical Advice.Turk psikiyatri dergisi = Turkish journal of psychiatry · 2026Observational
- Person-centred suicide prevention: key elements from the perspective of people living with suicidality.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- Exploring the drivers of suicide among individuals served by a medical university in Southeastern Iran: a qualitative study.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Multilevel analysis of factors associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from 2022/2023 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey.PloS one · 2025Article
- Divorce, genetic risk, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in a sample with recurrent major depressive disorder.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrior research has reported an association between divorce and suicide attempt. We aimed to clarify this complex relationship, considering sex differences, temporal factors, and underlying etiologic pathways.
methodsWe used Swedish longitudinal national registry data for a cohort born 1960-1990 that was registered as married between 1978 and 2018 (
resultsIn the overall sample and in sex-stratified analyses, divorce was associated with increased risk of suicide attempt (adjusted hazard ratios [HRs] 1.66-1.77). Risk was highest in the year immediately following divorce (HRs 2.20-2.91) and declined thereafter, but remained elevated 5 or more years later (HRs 1.41-1.51). Divorcees from shorter marriages were at higher risk for suicide attempt than those from longer marriages (HRs 3.33-3.40 and 1.20-1.36, respectively). In general, HRs were higher for divorced females than for divorced males. Co-relative analyses suggested that familial confounders and a causal pathway contribute to the observed associations.
conclusionsThe association between divorce and risk of suicide attempt is complex, varying as a function of sex and time-related variables. Given evidence that the observed association is due in part to a causal pathway from divorce to suicide attempt, intervention or prevention efforts, such as behavioral therapy, could be most effective early in the divorce process, and in particular among females and those whose marriages were of short duration.
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