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Estimating the association between mental health disorders and suicide: a review of common sources of bias and challenges and opportunities for US-based research
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12 2020
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Source: Curr Epidemiol Rep. 7(4):352-362
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Alternative Title:Curr Epidemiol Rep
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Description:Purpose of review:
The purpose of this review is to 1) illuminate prevalent methodological approaches and estimates of association between mental health diagnoses and suicide from the meta-analytic literature; 2) discuss key internal and external validity concerns with these estimates; and 3) highlight some of the unique attributes and challenges in US-based suicide research and opportunities to move the evidence base forward.
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Globally, there is considerable variability in measures of association between mental health disorders and suicide and a growing debate over methodological approaches to this research. A high suicide incidence makes the US an outlier, and the decentralized nature of US administrative data poses a unique challenge to data linkage that could otherwise advance this research.
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We offer methodological considerations for future research and discuss opportunities made possible by the recent expansion of the US National Violent Death Reporting System to a nationwide registry.
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Pubmed ID:33948425
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC8092021
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Volume:7
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Issue:4
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