@article{ref1,
title="Suicide in Flanders, Belgium, after terrorist attacks",
journal="Psychology, health and medicine",
year="2021",
author="Van Overmeire, Roel and Gidron, Yori and Six, Stefaan and Deschepper, Reginald and Vandekerckhove, Marie and Bilsen, Johan",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Little is known about the association between terrorism and suicide. This study investigates suicide numbers in Flanders, Belgium before and after the Paris-attacks (13/11/2015) and Brussels-attacks (22/03/2016). Population mortality data for suicide were gathered from the Agency for healthcare. Suicides in Flanders, Belgium, were higher after both attacks. The increase was higher after the Paris-attacks, compared to the attacks in Brussels, Belgium. The effect of a close-by, but still foreign attack (the Paris-attacks in France) on suicide numbers is larger than that of an attack inside the country (the Brussels-attacks), possibly due to a difference in threat experience and coping possibilities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1354-8506",
doi="10.1080/13548506.2021.1894342",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2021.1894342"
}