@article{ref1,
title="Suicidal behavior among immigrants",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2011",
author="Mirsky, Julia and Kohn, Robert and Dolberg, Pnina and Levav, Itzhak",
volume="46",
number="11",
pages="1133-1141",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: This paper explores the association between suicidal behavior and immigrant status among Israeli residents from the former USSR (FSU). METHOD: The Israeli component of the World Mental Health Survey (INHS) provided information on suicide ideations, plans and attempts. The INHS samples included Israel-born Jews (n = 2,114) and post-1990 immigrants from the FSU (n = 814). Data on completed suicide were extracted from the countrywide report of the Ministry of Health. RESULTS: The controlled lifetime rates of suicidal behavior among FSU immigrants were significantly higher than among their Israel-born counterparts. A higher risk was found in the first years following immigration among young adults with higher education and without a spouse. Completed suicide rates were higher among the FSU immigrants than in the general Israeli population with the largest risk among young-adult immigrant men. DISCUSSION: The findings are consistent with previous studies and are discussed in the context of both suicide rates in the country of origin and migratory stressors. Preventive measures are suggested.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-010-0280-5",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-010-0280-5"
}