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A Population-Level Study Concerning the Assumed Association Between Suicide Rates and Antidepressant Consumption in Hungary

Published:2022-01-29 Issue: Volume: Page:003022282110670
ISSN:0030-2228
Container-title:OMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying
language:en
Short-container-title:Omega (Westport)

Author:

Bozsonyi Károly¹^ORCID,Lester David²,Zonda Tamás³,Bálint Lajos⁴,Veres Előd⁵

Affiliation:

1. Károli Gáspár University, Budapest, Hungary

2. Stockton University, Golloway, NJ, USA

3. Hungarian Association for Suicide Prevention, Budapest, Hungary

4. Népességtudományi Kutatóinézet, Budapest, Hungary

5. Országos Kórházi Főigazgatóság, Budapest, Hungary

Abstract

Background It has been claimed that the advent of modern antidepressants has reduced the suicide rate. Aims To examine the correlation between the suicide rate and the prescription of antidepressants. Method A dynamic regression was employed to analyze a 73-month-long, monthly time series between 2010 and 2016 in Hungary. The independent variable was the Defined Daily Dose value for the number of antidepressant (AD) prescriptions filled each month. Results The models failed to show a significant association between the prescription of antidepressants and age- and sex-specific monthly suicide rates. Conclusions The prescription of antidepressants in Hungary has had no impact on suicide rates.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Life-span and Life-course Studies,Critical Care and Intensive Care Medicine,Health (social science)

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00302228211067031

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