TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - National suicide rates 1961-2003: further analysis of Nordic data for suicide, autopsies and ill-defined death rates
JO  - Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
A1  - Reseland, Svein
A1  - LE Noury, Joanna
A1  - Aldred, Graham
A1  - Healy, David
SP  - 78
EP  - 82
VL  - 77
IS  - 2
N2  - BACKGROUND: Concerns about the risk-benefit ratio of treatment with antidepressants in the light of recent evidence pointing to a risk of suicide induction during the course of treatment with antidepressants. These concerns have led to a series of recent studies exploring national rates of suicide and correlating these with data on antidepressant consumption. METHODS: We have compared suicide rates in the Nordic countries with autopsy and ill-defined death rates, and antidepressant sales, during the period 1961 through to 2003. RESULTS: There is a close correlation between suicide rates and both autopsy and ill-defined death rates. CONCLUSIONS: The role of autopsies and other factors in the registration of a death as a suicide appear to need further clarification.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-3190
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000112884
ID  - ref1
ER  -