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TemaNord 2024:509
Prevention of suicide and suicide attempts in the Nordic countries
A situation analysis
Prevention of suicide and suicide attempts in the Nordic countries
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PREFACE
1. EXCECUTIVE SUMMARY
2. INTRODUCTION
3. EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ANALYSES
3.1. SUICIDE DEATHS
3.2. SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
4. RISK AND PROTECTIVE FACTORS
4.1. SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS
4.2. MENTAL DISORDERS AND CONDITIONS
4.3. PHYSICAL DISORDERS
4.4. STRESSFUL LIFE-EVENTS
4.5. PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
4.6. BIOLOGICAL FACTORS
4.7. HEALTCARE CONTACTS
5. LEGISLATION
6. REGISTRATION AND MONITORING OF SUICIDE AND SUICIDE ATTEMPT
6.1. REGISTRATION OF SUICIDES
6.2. REGISTRATION OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS
6.3. REAL-TIME DATA AND EXPANDED DATABASES
7. NATIONAL EFFORTS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION
7.1. KEY ELEMENTS OF SUICIDE PREVENTION IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
7.2. DENMARK
7.3. FAROE ISLANDS
7.4. FINLAND
7.5. GREENLAND
7.6. ICELAND
7.7. NORWAY
7.8. SWEDEN
7.9. AALAND
8. PREVENTIVE EFFORTS AND WHO LIVE LIFE INTERVENTIVE PILLARS
8.1. MEANS RESTRICTION
8.2. MEDIA REPORTING
8.3. PROMOTION OF MENTAL WELLBEING IN YOUTH
8.4. EARLY INTERVENTION
9. SUMMARY
10. REFERENCES
APPENDIX 1: Basic country data
APPENDIX 2: Reported suicide rates for the Nordic countries, 2000–2019
APPENDIX 3: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN DENMARK
APPENDIX 4: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN FAROE ISLANDS
APPENDIX 5: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN FINLAND
APPENDIX 6: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN GREENLAND
APPENDIX 7: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN ICELAND
APPENDIX 8: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN NORWAY
APPENDIX 9: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN SWEDEN
APPENDIX 10: RESOURCES FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION IN AALAND