The relationship between disease and good health has received relatively little attention in
mental health. Resilience can be viewed as a defence mechanism, which enables people to …

The literature on immigrant health has repeatedly reported the paradoxical finding, where
immigrants from Latin American countries to OECD countries appear to enjoy better health …

BackgroundResearch suggests that suicidal behaviour is aggregated in families. However,
due to methodological limitations, including small sample sizes, the strength and pattern of …

Purpose Although excess risks particularly for a diagnosis of schizophrenia have been
identified for ethnic minority people in England and other contexts, we sought to identify and …

Context Suicides are prone to misclassification during death ascertainment procedures. This
problem has generated frequent criticism of the validity of suicide mortality statistics …

Objective In recent years, there has been an increase in immigrant populations worldwide.
This study aims to present the global prevalence of suicide between immigrants and …

Background: Concerns about increased suicide risk among immigrants to European
countries have been raised. We review the scientific literature on differences in suicide …

Purpose This study compares the frequencies of attempted suicide among immigrants and
their hosts, between different immigrant groups, and between immigrants and their countries …

Suicide mortality in a population has long been thought to be sensitive to social, economic
and cultural contexts. This review examined research on the relationship between social …

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate suicide rates and trends in São Paulo by sex, age-strata, and
methods. METHODS: Data was collected from State registry from 1996 to 2009. Population …