Risk of suicide in medical and related occupational groups: a national study based on Danish case population-based registers.

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BACKGROUND: Suicide risk may be elevated in 'medical' occupational groups, although results of studies are inconsistent. National data are required to examine this issue. It is also important to investigate the possible contribution of psychiatric disorder and access to specific suicide methods. METHODS: In a nested case-control design we used data from Danish national registers for 1981-2006 to examine risk of suicide in nurses, physicians, dentists, pharmacists and veterinary surgeons comp...

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Authors: Hawton, K; Agerbo, E; Simkin, S; Platt, B; Mellanby, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Journal of affective disorders
• Volume: 134
• Issue: 1-3
• Pages: 320-326
• Publication date: 2011-11-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.05.044
• EISSN: 1573-2517
• ISSN: 0165-0327
• Language: English
• Keywords: Adolescent; Adult; Mental Disorders; Health Personnel; Suicide; Pharmacists; Physicians; Marital Status; Case-Control Studies; Dentists; Income; Risk; Female; Middle Aged; Registries; Humans; Aged; Young Adult; Nurses; Male; Denmark