title: Suicide in patients with stroke: a population-based study of suicide victims during the years 1988-2007 in northern Finland.
abstract: The authors studied the prevalence of stroke among suicide victims and whether prestroke depression had influence on suicide process. The authors used a comprehensive database of all suicides (N=2,283) committed in Northern Finland over a period of 15 years with information on all hospital-treated somatic and psychiatric disorders. Of the total suicide data population, 3.4% had suffered from stroke. After adjusting for age and sex, prestroke depression in stroke victims increased the hazard of suicide up to 2.2-fold compared to victims with stroke but without any lifetime depression. The high-risk period for suicide was 2 years after stroke.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Oulu University Hospital, P.O. Box 26, FIN-90029 OYS, Finland.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Forsström
authors.forename: Helinä
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hakko
authors.forename: Tanja
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nordström
authors.forename: Pirkko
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Räsänen
authors.forename: Arja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mainio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000453:epidemiology; D002423:Cause of Death; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D005387:Finland / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D016016:Proportional Hazards Models; D012737:Sex Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000453:epidemiology*; D013405:Suicide; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013997:Time Factors