Historical Change of Suicide Seasonality in the Canton of Zurich, Switzerland

Current research is yielding an increasingly heteregeneous picture of suicide seasonalities: They seem to depend on methods and, moreover, they seem to have smoothed in recent decades. This work examines the latter issue by comparing suicide seasonalities in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in the...

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Published in:Suicide & life-threatening behavior 2005-04, Vol.35 (2), p.217-226
Main Authors: Ajdacic-Gross, Vladeta, Bopp, Matthias, Eich, Dominique, Gostynski, Michal, Rössler, Wulf, Gutzwiller, Felix
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult and adolescent clinical studies
Behavioral Sciences
Biological and medical sciences
Climate
Comparative Analysis
Comparative studies
Environmental Influences
Foreign Countries
Historical analysis
History
History, 16th Century
History, 17th Century
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Individualized Instruction
Interpersonal Relationship
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Mental health
Opportunities
Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Social Change
Social Integration
Sociology
Suicide
Suicide - history
Suicides & suicide attempts
Switzerland
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Summary:Current research is yielding an increasingly heteregeneous picture of suicide seasonalities: They seem to depend on methods and, moreover, they seem to have smoothed in recent decades. This work examines the latter issue by comparing suicide seasonalities in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, in the 16th–18th centuries, 1901–1920 and 1969–94. The results indicate shifts of peaks and lows on suicide seasonalities over the centuries, with a smoothing of seasonalities toward the 21th century. The recent period does not show any suicide seasonality at all. The canton of Zurich seems to be ahead of the general trend found in other regions of Switzerland.
ISSN:0363-0234
1943-278X
DOI:10.1521/suli.35.2.217.62880