TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Trends in suicidal ideation in England: the National Psychiatric Morbidity Surveys of 2000 and 2007
JO  - Psychological medicine
A1  - Spiers, N.
A1  - Bebbington, P. E.
A1  - Dennis, M. S.
A1  - Brugha, T. S.
A1  - McManus, S.
A1  - Jenkins, R.
A1  - Meltzer, H.
SP  - 175
EP  - 183
VL  - 44
IS  - 1
N2  - BACKGROUND: Recent falls in suicide rates should be accompanied by a decline in the prevalence of suicidal ideation. Method We used a pseudo-cohort analytic strategy to examine trends in suicidal ideation measured identically in 2000 and 2007, in nationally representative English probability samples of adults aged ⩾ 16 years. Suicidal ideation included tiredness of life, death wishes and thoughts of suicide. Logistic regression models were fitted to estimate trends in age-specific prevalence of suicidal ideation in the past year and past week between 2000 and 2007. RESULTS: There were 6799 participants aged 16-71 years in 2000, and 6815 participants aged 16-78 years in 2007. There was little evidence of trends in prevalence of suicidal ideation, with the exception of women aged 44-50 years in 2007, whose prevalence was unusually high. Prevalence of suicidal ideation in the past year followed a W-shaped profile with age, with peaks at the transition to adulthood, in the forties, and in the oldest participants. CONCLUSIONS: Despite falling suicide rates, suicidal ideation did not decline overall between 2000 and 2007. This may indicate the success of the National Suicide Prevention Strategy. Women aged 44-50 years in 2007 were, however, particularly prone to suicidal ideation. As they also have the highest age-adjusted prevalence of common mental disorders and the highest female suicide rate, there are clear implications for treatment access, availability and delivery in primary care.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0033-2917
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291713000317
ID  - ref1
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