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| Suicide rates higher for people who grew up during Irish Troubles – study | Suicide rates higher for people who grew up during Irish Troubles – study |
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| Survivors of the worst years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland are more prone to suicide and are using anti-depressants to cope with the era of peace, according to researchers who have studied suicide trends over a 40-year period. | Survivors of the worst years of the Troubles in Northern Ireland are more prone to suicide and are using anti-depressants to cope with the era of peace, according to researchers who have studied suicide trends over a 40-year period. |
| Suicide rates near-doubled for middle-aged men – who lived through the darkest days of the violence – in the decade of peace from the 1998 Good Friday agreement, the research found. | Suicide rates near-doubled for middle-aged men – who lived through the darkest days of the violence – in the decade of peace from the 1998 Good Friday agreement, the research found. |
| The findings, from a team at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), show that those who grew up between 1969 and 1978 – the most violent period of the conflict – have the most rapidly increasing suicide rate of any age group in the province. The highest age bracket for suicide is among men aged 35-44 followed closely by men aged 25-34 and 45-54. | The findings, from a team at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), show that those who grew up between 1969 and 1978 – the most violent period of the conflict – have the most rapidly increasing suicide rate of any age group in the province. The highest age bracket for suicide is among men aged 35-44 followed closely by men aged 25-34 and 45-54. |
| Since the signing of the Good Friday peace accord and the establishment of power-sharing the survey found a spike in suicides among this group. | Since the signing of the Good Friday peace accord and the establishment of power-sharing the survey found a spike in suicides among this group. |
| Suicide rates for men went from 13 per 100,000 of the population in 1997 to 24 per 100,000 by 2008. Rates among women increased from 3.9 per 100,000 to 7.3 per 100,000 in the same period. | Suicide rates for men went from 13 per 100,000 of the population in 1997 to 24 per 100,000 by 2008. Rates among women increased from 3.9 per 100,000 to 7.3 per 100,000 in the same period. |
| Prof Mike Tomlinson of the QUB school of sociology, social policy and social work said many people at end of the Troubles failed to cope with "the transition to peace". | Prof Mike Tomlinson of the QUB school of sociology, social policy and social work said many people at end of the Troubles failed to cope with "the transition to peace". |
| "[This] means that externalised aggression is no longer socially approved. It becomes internalised instead," the authors wrote in the journal International Sociology. | "[This] means that externalised aggression is no longer socially approved. It becomes internalised instead," the authors wrote in the journal International Sociology. |
| Tomlinson pointed out that in the decade from the Good Friday agreement those most affected coped "by means of mass medication with anti-depressants, alcohol and non-prescription drugs", which had increased dramatically in the period of peace. | Tomlinson pointed out that in the decade from the Good Friday agreement those most affected coped "by means of mass medication with anti-depressants, alcohol and non-prescription drugs", which had increased dramatically in the period of peace. |
| "The puzzle is, why have we seen a dramatic increase in the [suicide] rate since 1998? What this research reveals for the first time is that the age groups with the highest suicide rates are the cohort who were children during the worst years of the violence." | "The puzzle is, why have we seen a dramatic increase in the [suicide] rate since 1998? What this research reveals for the first time is that the age groups with the highest suicide rates are the cohort who were children during the worst years of the violence." |
| "Those born and growing up in the conflict experienced no other social context until the late 1990s. There are clear indications from the research that this cohort not only has the highest suicide rate but also the most rapidly increasing rate when compared with other age groups." | "Those born and growing up in the conflict experienced no other social context until the late 1990s. There are clear indications from the research that this cohort not only has the highest suicide rate but also the most rapidly increasing rate when compared with other age groups." |
| Tomlinson warned that suicide prevention agencies were "failing to focus on those who experienced the worst of the violence" because they had been concentrating on younger people. | Tomlinson warned that suicide prevention agencies were "failing to focus on those who experienced the worst of the violence" because they had been concentrating on younger people. |
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