Citation

Zonda T, Kmetty Z, Lester D, Tóth MD. Crisis 2015; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Institute of Behavioral Sciences, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, International Association for Suicide Prevention, Publisher Hogrefe Publishing)

DOI

10.1027/0227-5910/a000303

PMID

25708253

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Phillips and Feldman reported a decline in suicides leading up to the American presidential elections, but Wasserman argued that elections had no impact on suicide. Aims: The present study explored the impact of elections on suicides in Hungary.

METHOD: The study examined changes in the number of suicides in Hungary during the period 1990-2010 on the days of parliamentary elections, and in the weeks and months surrounding the elections.

RESULTS: There was no significant impact from the elections on the number of suicides.

CONCLUSION: The data from Hungary replicated the results of Wasserman rather than those of Phillips and Feldman.

Language: en