PsychoNeuro
Volume 34, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 144-149

Suicide and migration - Does migration increase suicide rates? [Suizid und migration: Einwanderung als risikofaktor?] (Review)

Schneider B.* , Fritze J.
  • a Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main, Heinrich-Hoffmann-Straße 10, 60528 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
  • b Klinik für Psychiatrie, Psychosomatik und Psychotherapie, Zentrum der Psychiatrie, Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Verband der Privaten Krankenversicherung (PKV), Köln, Germany

Abstract

In Germany, about 19% of the population have a migration background. People with German nationality have higher suicide rates than with foreign nationalities. However, increased suicide risk in immigrants was repeatedly found in epidemiological studies, but suicide rates of immigrants varied depending on suicide rates in the country of birth. German and international studies on migration and suicide were reviewed and discussed.

Author Keywords

Migration Epidemiological studies Germany Suicide

Index Keywords

Germany immigrant risk factor Review human Suicide migration
Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-45849083943&doi=10.1055%2fs-2008-1076622&partnerID=40&md5=0bffde4189853a2a6c633928ad085226
DOI: 10.1055/s-2008-1076622
ISSN: 16119991
Original Language: German