TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Seasonal variation in suicides: diminished or vanished. Experience from England and Wales, 1982-1996
JO  - British journal of psychiatry
A1  - Chao, A.
A1  - Yip, P. S.
A1  - Chiu, C. W.
SP  - 366
EP  - 369
VL  - 177
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Seasonal variation in suicidal death has been observed in many countries. In particular, a cyclic variation was found for both men and women in England and Wales in the 1960s and 1970s. Men showed a single 12-month cycle whereas women showed two cycles. AIMS: To re-examine the seasonal variation in suicides in England and Wales for the period 1982-1996. METHOD: A harmonic analysis was used to detect the seasonality of the suicide data. RESULTS: The seasonal effect on suicide is greatly diminished in England and Wales. This is shown by the reduced amplitude and smaller proportion of variance accounted for by the season. CONCLUSIONS: The seasonal effect on suicide has either diminished or vanished.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0007-1250
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -