Suicide in female nurses in England and Wales

• Published in: Psychological medicine Vol. 32; no. 2; pp. 239 - 250
• Main Authors: HAWTON, K., SIMKIN, S., RUE, J., HAW, C., BARBOUR, F., CLEMENTS, A., SAKAROVITCH, C., DEEKS, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.02.2002
• Subjects: Adult; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Alcoholism - mortality; Alcoholism - psychology; Autopsies; Biological and medical sciences; Case-Control Studies; Cause of Death; Comorbidity; Coroners; Cross-Sectional Studies; England - epidemiology; England and Wales; Female; Humans; Incidence; Information sources; Interviews; Medical sciences; Mental disorders; Mental Disorders - mortality; Mental Disorders - psychology; Middle Aged; Nurses; Nurses - psychology; Nurses - statistics & numerical data; Original Article; Personality Assessment; Personality disorders; Psychiatric disorders; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Risk; Risk factors; Smoking - mortality; Smoking - psychology; Suicide; Suicide - psychology; Suicide - statistics & numerical data; Suicides & suicide attempts; Wales - epidemiology; Women; United Kingdom; Europe; England; Wales; United Kingdom > UK; British Isles, England; British Isles, Wales; Social environment; Self injury; Prevalence; Disease; Mental health; Health service; Professional status; Case control study; Suicide; Family environment; Female; Diagnosis; Age; Public health; Human; Use; Stress; Retrospective; Life events; Marital status; Treatment; Social interaction; Sociodemographic factor; Risk factor; Mental disorder; Medical specialty; Interpersonal relation; Antecedent; Comparative study; Somatic disease; Nurse; Life style

Background. Female nurses appear to have an increased risk of suicide but the reasons are unknown. Method. We have concluded a study of nurse suicides (N = 106) in England and Wales, including a psychological autopsy study (N = 42) and case–control comparison with living nurses (N = 84). Results. Ne...