Suicidal ideation peaks during the winter but suicide attempts are most common in late spring and early summer in the early hours of the morning, new research shows.
also show that people are most likely to make an attempt at suicide between 4 and 6 AM.
O'Shea and his colleague from the University of Amsterdam, René Freichel, mined one of the databases from Project Implicit Health, which contains self-report measures on suicidal ideation, self-harm, and past suicide attempts, as well as respondents' implicit biases on these topics. The researchers found a peak in negative mood and desire to die occurring in December, especially among those who reported attempting suicide
When the days get longer, brighter, and warmer, these changes likely improve an individuals' mood, he explained."Hence, the most at-risk individuals become slightly less depressed and may gain more energy to contemplate and plan their method to attempt suicide," O'Shea noted. Ideally, the investigators note, the study's findings will inform clinician assessments of patients who are at risk for suicide.
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