TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Suicide in Flanders, Belgium, after terrorist attacks
JO  - Psychology, health and medicine
A1  - Van Overmeire, Roel
A1  - Gidron, Yori
A1  - Six, Stefaan
A1  - Deschepper, Reginald
A1  - Vandekerckhove, Marie
A1  - Bilsen, Johan
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1354-8506
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13548506.2021.1894342
ID  - ref1
ER  -