Research report newly published in the Swedish Medical Journal (Läkartidningen):
In 2012 immigrant suicides increased in 10,3 percent, whereas suicides among native Swedes increased only 2,8 percent
Summary
A
cross-cultural breakdown of the latest Swedish suicide statistics
(2012), showed a markedly rising of fatalities among the immigrant
population with regard to the previous year. The increasing observed was
of 10,3 per cent for immigrants and 2,8 per cent for born in Sweden;
and it was found significant in the male foreign-born group (x2= 8.7, p= 0.0031) as well among older immigrant female (x2= 17.5, p=
0.0001).
The findings are discussed against the backdrop of the
overrepresentations of foreign-born immigrants in the suicide statistics
during the 80’s and 90’s, and the relatively decrease of such
representation in recent years. Possible explanations of these phenomena
are found in drastic changes in the demographic of Sweden in latest
years, as well as in the reported vulnerability for suicidal behaviour
among traumatized refugees with PTSD diagnoses and comorbidity of
depression. The author suggests that “refugee-status” is included as a factor in the instruments for assessment of suicide risk.
Published in Professorsblogg.com 9 Jan 2014
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