@article{ref1,
title="Influence of psychotherapist density and antidepressant sales on suicide rates",
journal="Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica",
year="2008",
author="Kapusta, Nestor D. and Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas and Etzersdorfer, Elmar and Voracek, Martin and Dervic, Kanita and Jandl-Jager, E. and Sonneck, Gernot",
volume="119",
number="3",
pages="236 - 242",
abstract="Objective: Antidepressant sales and suicide rates have been shown to be correlated in industrialized countries. The aim was to study the possible effects of psychotherapy utilization on suicide rates. Method: We assessed the impact of antidepressant sales and psychotherapist density on suicide rates between 1991 and 2005. To adjust for serial correlation in time series, three first-order autoregressive models adjusted for per capita alcohol consumption and unemployment rates were employed. Results: Antidepressant sales and the density of psychotherapists in the population were negatively associated with suicide rates. Conclusion: This study provides evidence that decreasing suicide rates were associated with both increasing antidepressant sales and an increasing density of psychotherapists. The decrease of suicide rates could reflect a general improvement in mental health care rather than being caused by antidepressant sales or psychotherapist density alone.  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0001-690X",
doi="10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01314.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.2008.01314.x"
}