title: Best evidence topic report. Suicide at christmas.
abstract: A short cut review was carried out to establish whether the risk of suicide and parasuicide increases at Christmas. Fifteen papers were found using the reported search, of which six presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers are tabulated. A clinical bottom line is stated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
authors.forename: Simon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Carley
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D004632:Emergency Medical Services; D006693:Holidays / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D012621:Seasons; D013405:Suicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013406:Suicide, Attempted / Q000706:statistics & numerical data