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dc.contributor.authorAlmasi, K
dc.contributor.authorBelso, N
dc.contributor.authorKapur, N
dc.contributor.authorWebb, R
dc.contributor.authorCooper, J
dc.contributor.authorHadley, S
dc.contributor.authorKerfoot, M
dc.contributor.authorDunn, G
dc.contributor.authorSotonyi, P
dc.contributor.authorRihmer, Z
dc.contributor.authorAppleby, L
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-17T10:19:35Z
dc.date.issued2009-07-28
dc.description.abstractHungary previously had one of the highest suicide rates in the world, but experienced major social and economic changes from 1990 onwards. We aimed to investigate the antecedents of suicide in Hungary. We hypothesised that suicide in Hungary would be associated with both risk factors for suicide as identified in Western studies, and experiences related to social and economic restructuring. We carried out a controlled psychological autopsy study. Informants for 194 cases (suicide deaths in Budapest and Pest County 2002–2004) and 194 controls were interviewed by clinicians using a detailed schedule. Many of the demographic and clinical risk factors associated with suicide in other settings were also associated with suicide in Hungary; for example, being unmarried or having no current relationship, lack of other social contacts, low educational attainment, history of self-harm, current diagnosis of affective disorder (including bipolar disorder) or personality disorder, and experiencing a recent major adverse life event. A number of variables reflecting experiences since economic restructuring were also associated with suicide; for example, unemployment, concern over work propects, changes in living standards, practising religion. Just 20% of cases with evidence of depression at the time of death had received antidepressants. Suicide rates in Hungary are falling. Our study identified a number of risk factors related to individual-level demographic and clinical characteristics, and possibly recent societal change. Improved management of psychiatric disorder and self-harm may result in further reductions in suicide rates.en_GB
dc.description.sponsorshipThe Wellcome Trusten_GB
dc.identifier.citationBMC Psychiatry, 2009, Vol. 9, Issue 45en_GB
dc.identifier.doi10.1186/1471-244X-9-45
dc.identifier.grantnumber059574/Z/99/Zen_GB
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10871/16069
dc.language.isoenen_GB
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_GB
dc.relation.urlhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/9/45en_GB
dc.rights© 2009 Almasi et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.en_GB
dc.titleRisk factors for suicide in Hungary: A case-control studyen_GB
dc.typeArticleen_GB
dc.date.available2014-12-17T10:19:35Z
dc.identifier.issn1471-244X
dc.descriptionThis is a freely-available open access publication. Please cite the published version which is available via the DOI link in this record.en_GB
dc.identifier.journalBMC Psychiatryen_GB


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