Comparing gender-specific suicide mortality rate trends in the United States and Lithuania, 1990-2019: putting one of the “deaths of despair” into perspective

The increase in the suicide mortality rate among middle-aged adults in the United States (US) has been well documented. Aside from a few studies from the United Kingdom, it is unclear whether the suicide mortality rate trend in the US is also occurring in other developed countries. Accordingly, we a...

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Main Authors: Lange, Shannon (Author) , Rehm, Jürgen (Author) , Tran, Alexander (Author) , L. Bagge, Courtney (Author) , Jasilionis, Domantas (Author) , Kaplan, Mark S. (Author) , Meščeriakova-Veliulienė, Olga (Author) , Štelemėkas, Mindaugas (Author) , Probst, Charlotte (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 17 February 2022
In: BMC psychiatry
Year: 2022, Volume: 22, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-9
ISSN:1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-022-03766-w
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-022-03766-w
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Author Notes:Shannon Lange, Jürgen Rehm, Alexander Tran, Courtney L. Bagge, Domantas Jasilionis, Mark S. Kaplan, Olga Meščeriakova-Veliulienė, Mindaugas Štelemėkas and Charlotte Probst
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Summary:The increase in the suicide mortality rate among middle-aged adults in the United States (US) has been well documented. Aside from a few studies from the United Kingdom, it is unclear whether the suicide mortality rate trend in the US is also occurring in other developed countries. Accordingly, we aimed to compare the suicide mortality rate trends over the past 30 years in the US to a country in the European Union-Lithuania.
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ISSN:1471-244X
DOI:10.1186/s12888-022-03766-w