Use of antidepressants among people committing suicide in Sweden

Antidepressants and suicide among young women in Sweden 1999–2013

OBJECTIVE To establish whether the young women (15-24 year old) who committed suicide in Sweden (1999-2013) received antidepressant treatment or not, and to what extent, prior to and/or at the time of suicide. To investigate the belief that increased prescription of antidepressants would drastically reduce the number of suicides. METHODS An analysis of data from the Swedish Prescribed Drug Re...

Suicide among young people aged 10-29 in Sweden.

This study analyses the incidence of suicide among children and young people aged between 10 and 29 in Sweden, during the period 1974-1986. The study comprises 4,624 individuals whose deaths were the outcome of verified, E950-E959 (n = 3,511) and undetermined, E980-E989 (n = 1,113) suicides. Regression analysis of different age groups separately and all age groups combined shows that the freque...

Characteristics of people committing suicide in Medellín, Colombia.

OBJECTIVES Describing the socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of a group of individuals who committed suicide in the city of Medellín between 2000 and 2003; identifying possible groups within the suicides' socio-demographic and clinical characteristics. METHODS The sample consisted of 108 individuals who had committed suicide in Medellín; psychological autopsy was carried out and t...

Suicide seasonality and antidepressants: a register-based study in Sweden.

OBJECTIVE Seasonality of completed suicides with a peak in spring and early summer is a well-documented finding. The circannual serotonergic functioning is hypothesized to be central in this phenomenon. Antidepressant medications exert their pharmacological action mainly by regulating serotonin. Our aim is to study the amplitude of the seasonal effect among suicide victims positive for differen...

Suicide among the Elderly in Sweden