National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention

In a new report, the National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention at Karolinska Institutet and Region Stockholm examined how suicide rates have changed in Sweden in 2020. 

A Swedish registry study, performed at the National Center for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP) has shown that there is no significant increase in suicide risk during the Swedish Midsummer holiday. The results of the study has been published in the Nordic Journal of Psychiatry.

The number of suicides decreases among adults, but increases among young people. Schools often ask how they can get better at talking about suicide and mental health with their students. Therefore, Suicide Zero, Mind, SPES and NASP, who stand behind the project Stör Döden, have produced an educational material for teachers in high school.

The National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP) at Karolinska Institutet and Stockholm healthcare Services has conducted a scoping study about suicide in the transport system. The study was a collaboration with and funded by the Swedish Transport Administration's research and innovation funds.

The National Centre for Suicide Research and Prevention (NASP) wants to raise awareness about the potential increase in suicide and self-harm behavior as a result of the societal impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19). 

In this letter the Ethics Committee at the European Psychiatric Association (EPA) chaired by Professor Danuta Wasserman from Karolinska Institutet advocates the use of the terms ‘physical distancing’ and ‘emotional closeness’ and not ‘social distancing’ during this pandemic. 

In an article posted in The New York Times Dr. Perry Klass discussed recent research and the relationship between risk for depression and physical activity among adolescents. One of the studies mentioned is a publication based on data collected from the study Saving and Empowering Young Lives in Europe, in which NASP served as the coordinating centre.