Nothing like Christmas--suicides during Christmas and other holidays in Austria

Nothing like Christmas--suicides during Christmas and other holidays in Austria.

BACKGROUND Contrary to the myth that suicides increase around Christmas, multiple studies reveal that suicide rates decrease towards Christmas and return back to normal or even peak in the beginning of the new year. We aimed to replicate this effect for Austria. METHODS The analyses were based on the official suicide statistics 2000-13 using Poission regression and Bayesian changepoint analys...

Christmas and Suicides in Austria

Background: Contrary to the myth that suicides increase around Christmas, multiple studies reveal that suicide rates decrease towards Christmas and return back to normal or even peak in the beginning of the new year. We aimed to replicate this effect for Austria. Methods: The analyses were based on the official suicide statistics 2000 – 2013 using Poission regression and Bayesian changepoint an...

Alcohol-related traffic fatalities during Christmas and New Year holidays--United States, 1978-1984.

Christmas Days

Some of the achievements at festivities and exhibitions are greeted with surprise. It is not always possible to have the privilege of personal inspection, though those in charge of defectives are usually most ready to give of their precious leisure in showingvisitors what is being done.. The following notes giving different accounts of Christmas activities have been kindly sent to us. They may ...

Christmas disease.