Suicide rates and holidays

Wisdom is that there are more suicides during the holidays than at other times.

I would like to explore two questions.First of all, is this true? Secondly, I am sure that the average person does not investigate Medline for articles about suicide, why most people think that it true?

In response to the first question, it is not vrai.Il was a well known major holidays (including non-religious) in the suicide rate reduction.Numerous studies in various Western countries found that decline is even more pronounced in the Christmas new year stretch.

If we look a little closer, we discover that some methods of suicide showed no seasonality (guns, cut, crashed a car) while others have a clear seasonality (suspended, drowning, jumping) .parce is completed suicides, there is enough of the latter to a generalization that suicide decreases overall.

Male suicide rates jump significantly after the year (intriguingly, studies usually describe that suicide rates "recover"), as could be expected if you think that people get depressed during the holidays but postpone their attempt after holiday obligations have been completed. But women suicide rates jump up.

What is with deliberate self-harm that does not result in death, for example self-cutting? There is a huge drop off the coast during the holidays, 30-40%. Research that those less than 25 years, the decline is even greater, 60%.But there is a catch: people with problems of relationship partner had a huge spike on the day of the year; those who have been drinking so far had a peak even rained the day.

It is instead increase of all other types of death from Christmas to new year's Eve, e.g. heart, etc..This is not the climate — the effect disappears after the year when the weather is almost the same.There is no food or alcohol consumption, necessarily mortality increases on Thanksgiving.Homicide also increased.

Which brings us to the second question, say why wisdom is higher during the holidays when it is in fact the contrary? sense perfect "People get depressed holiday", except that if you take a step back, it should not make no sense at all why would people get more depressed during the holidays? think about it a second us apply that festive cultural prejudice would cause a misfortune, steps from bonheur.Nous doing this due to a cultural issue: expectations irréalistes.Images typical promise to friends and family beautiful, loving, perfectly dressed perfectly groomed snow, experiment furnished houses, etc., etc..At some level, we believe that our lives fall qui.Vous refuse this-"I do really expect Christmas to resemble a Macy commercial!", but how many of us wake up 12/26 and say that "is the best Christmas ever."

But it seems fairly clear that the best way to beat the blues vacation and live life in General, is to enjoy what you have and accept that it is not less than what it should be, it is more likely.

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