Best evidence topic report. Suicide at christmas.
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.
Carley
Simon
S
Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9WL, UK.
Hamilton
Mark
M
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