Brådvik Louise
Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Lund University Hospital, Sweden.
Eur Arch Psychiatry Clin Neurosci. 2002 Feb;252(1):28-32. doi: 10.1007/s004060200005.
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the distribution of suicide during the months of the year and the days of the week in severe depression. A total of 1206 in-patients rated at discharge from the Department of Psychiatry, Lund, Sweden, on a multiaxial diagnostic schedule received the diagnosis severe depression/melancholia between 1956 to 1969. When followed up to 1998, a total of 114 depressed patients had taken their own life. Out of these, 98 patients appeared to have a primary depression. The monthly distribution of suicides showed a significant peak in October/November for men (41 % of all male suicides). No correlation with the onset of depression could be detected. Furthermore, there was a preponderance of suicide on Sundays for both sexes (31 % of all suicides).
本研究的目的是调查重度抑郁症患者一年中各月份及一周中各天的自杀分布情况。1956年至1969年期间，瑞典隆德市精神病科共有1206名出院时依据多轴诊断量表进行评定的住院患者被诊断为重度抑郁症/忧郁症。随访至1998年，共有114名抑郁症患者自杀。其中，98名患者似乎患有原发性抑郁症。自杀的月度分布显示，男性在10月/11月出现显著高峰（占所有男性自杀案例的41%）。未发现与抑郁症发病有相关性。此外，男女自杀在周日均占多数（占所有自杀案例的31%）。
