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Suicide in Denmark, 1922–1991: the choice of method
Author(s) -
BilleBrahe U.,
Jessen G.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1994.tb01561.x
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , suicide methods , poison control , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , medicine , demography , psychiatry , medical emergency , suicide rates , sociology , pathology
The authors describe methods of suicide registered in Denmark during the last 70 years. The preferred method was initially hanging then later poisoning, first mainly with household gas, later with other agents, especially overdoses of medicine. In recent years there has, however, also been an increasing number of hangings, drownings and other methods of suicide, and there seems to be an increasing inclination towards selecting more violent methods. The Danes’ choice of method for committing suicide differ somewhat from that in the other Scandinavian countries; in particular, there have been far more cases of self‐poisoning in Denmark.