Completed research

Below you will find a list of completed research projects, or fields of research, carried out at Centre for Suicide Research:

Risk and protective factors

• Suicide in the media
• Suicide and unemployment
• Protective and risk factors for suicide and attempted suicide among men aged 40-59 years
• Protective factors for suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour
• Research into risk and protective factors for suicidal behaviour and other self-harming behaviour among social groups of high suicide risk

Veteran soldiers

• Continuation of Risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour among Danish veteran soldiers stationed abroad
• Risk and protective factors for suicidal ideation and suicidal behaviour among Danish veteran soldiers stationed abroad

The Elderly

• Research-based Prevention among Elderly Men

Vulnerable phases in life

• Vulnerable Phases in Life – Protective factors for thoughts of suicide and suicidal behaviour among people going through vulnerable phases in life

Research cooperation

• Suicidal behaviour and chronic pain
• Suicide attempts among patients diagnosed with disseminated sclerosis

Professionals

• Clerical prevention of suicidal behaviour
• SAVE (Suicide, Attitudes, Values, Ethics)
• Railway suicides – reactions of the engine driver and the conductor and also characteristics of the persons who commit railway suicide

Ethnical Minorities

• Pilot Project: Suicidal Behaviour among Ethnic Minorities in Denmark

Eating disorders and suicidal behaviour

• Eating Disorders and Suicide Risk

Adolescents

• Violence in intimate relations
• SAYLE – Saving Young Lives Everywhere. Link to project description
• SAYLE – Saving Young Lives in Europe
• Life style and personal welfare of young people, CASE 1 follow-up
• The life style and personal welfare of young people, CASE 1
• Preventive strategies – from the perspectives of young people and their parents, CASE 2
• From thought to suicide – an example
• Self-harm among young people
• Self-harm among quiet girls and big boys

Adolescents with different ethnic backgrounds

• Suicidal behaviour among ethnical minorities in Denmark
• Coping strategies and self-harm among young people with a different ethnic background
• Coping stategies among young people with a different ethnic background
• The life style and personal welfare of young people with a different ethnic background. Is a special preventive strategy needed?

Suicide attempts, suicides and register

• Regional variations in attempted suicides
• Why do people attempt to commit suicide – Extension of the Register for Suicide Attempts
• MONSUE – a European Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour and Suicide Prevention
• RISC – Risk Factors for Suicide Attempts, an epidemiological study using Danish register data Link to project description and information
• Register for Suicide Attempts. Link to article in Danish Medical Bulletin
• Suicide attempters’ contact to the primary health care field
• Suicides, suicide attempts and suicidal thoughts in Denmark

SWING

• Suicide attempts and suicides – when are they committed? (Meteorological factors and seasonality in suicidal behaviour are studied).

Working papers: “The relationship between suicide and day of the week, major holidays, and national events in Denmark 1970-1998.” Download; “Meteorological factors and seasonality in suicidal behaviour in Denmark 1970-2000.” Download; Poster: “Intra-monthly Distribution of Suicides in Denmark 1970-1998.” Download

Alcohol abuse

• Alcohol abuse and suicidal behaviour. A study of risc factors and protective factors in relation to suicidal behaviour among alcohol abusers