Antidepressant sales and the risk for alcohol-related and non-alcohol-related suicide in Finland—an individual-level population study

Moustgaard, Heta, Joutsenniemi, Kaisla, Myrskylä, Mikko and Martikainen, Pekka (2014) Antidepressant sales and the risk for alcohol-related and non-alcohol-related suicide in Finland—an individual-level population study. PLOS One, 9 (6). ISSN 1932-6203

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Abstract

A marked decline in suicide rates has co-occurred with increased antidepressant sales in several countries but the causal connection between the trends remains debated. Most previous studies have focused on overall suicide rates and neglected differential effects in population subgroups. Our objective was to investigate whether increasing sales of non-tricyclic antidepressants have reduced alcohol- and non-alcohol-related suicide risk in different population subgroups.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.plosone.org/
Additional Information:	© 2014 PLoS ONE
Library of Congress subject classification:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Sets:	Research centres and groups > ALPHA (Ageing, Lifecourse and Population Health Analysis) Departments > Social Policy
Funders:	Finnish Doctoral Programs in Public Health, Academy of Finland, Finnish National Institute for Health and Welfare, Max Planck Society
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2014 12:15
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/57097/

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