TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Sex-specific association of tinnitus with suicide attempts
JO  - JAMA otolaryngology: head and neck surgery
A1  - Lugo, Alessandra
A1  - Trpchevska, Natalia
A1  - Liu, Xiaoqiu
A1  - Biswas, Roshni
A1  - Magnusson, Cecilia
A1  - Gallus, Silvano
A1  - Cederroth, Christopher R.
SP  - 685
EP  - 687
VL  - 145
IS  - 7
N2  - <p>Severe tinnitus has been shown to be strongly associated with depression and anxiety, and the only established approach to treat tinnitus is cognitive behavioral therapy. Our research group recently reported that the tinnitus-associated mental health burden is greater in women than in men, likely due to higher levels of anxiety and stress. Most of the evidence on the association of tinnitus with suicide came from case series studies, until a recent cross-sectional study reported that an increased risk of suicide attempts was associated with severe tinnitus. In the present study, we assessed whether this association would differ between men and women using data from a large population-based study, the Stockholm Public Health Cohort (SPHC) ...</p>  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2168-6181
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamaoto.2019.0566
ID  - ref1
ER  -