The Impact of Holidays on Suicide in Hungary

Bibliographic Data

ID13629219
AuthorsTamás Zonda (Hungarian Association for Suicide Prevention, Budapest, Hungary, corresponding author), Károly Bozsonyi (0000-0003-0721-5007, Pázmány University, Budapest, Hungary), Elõd Veres (National Institute for Strategic Health Research, Budapest, Hungary), D Lester (0000-0003-1357-8672, Richard Stockton College, Pomona, New Jersey), Michael L Frank (Stockton University), Michael Frank (0009-0007-6693-1202, Richard Stockton College, Pomona, New Jersey)
Year2009
Volume58
Issue2
Pages153-162
Publication date2009-01-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueOMEGA - Journal of Death and Dying (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-2228 • E-ISSN: 1541-3764
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2190/om.58.2.e
PMID19227004
OpenAlexW2045489307
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited18

The suicide rate on religious and public holidays was examined for 133,699 suicides for Hungary for the period 1970-2002. For both men and women, more suicides were committed on Monday, while fewer were committed on the weekends. More suicides occurred on New Year's Day than expected. On Christmas Day and on Easter Sunday and Monday, suicides were less frequent only for men, a result consistent with Durkheim's theory. There was less evidence for Gabennesch's broken promise effect on the days after the holidays. National holidays had no impact on the frequency of suicide

Medical emergency · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sociology · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Demography · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies

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