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Citation

Stack S. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 1996; 26(4): 374-379.

Affiliation

Department of Criminal Justice, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI 48202, USA. sstack@cms.cc.wayne.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9014267

Abstract

Research on mental disorders among male artists has suggested that artists are at risk of suicide. However, given that men are higher in suicide risk than women, the presumed suicide risk of artists may be an artifact of sampling bias. A logistic regression analysis of data from 21 states finds that artists have 270% higher risk of suicide than nonartists. However, after controlling for gender and sociodemographic variables, this risk level is reduced to 125%. The findings are related to both psychiatric and work-related stress factors that may place artists at risk of suicide as an occupational group.

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