The Relationship between Meteorological Conditions and Homicide, Suicide, Rage, and Psychiatric Hospitalization

Talaeı, Ali; Hedjazi, Arya; Ardanı, Amir Rezaeı; Bordbar, Mohammad Reza Fayyazi; Talaei, Afsaneh

doi:10.1111/1556-4029.12471

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“…The suicidal rate might have been influenced by climatic and seasonal triggering factors . In the previous study, 4918 suicidal cases (3099 male, 1819 female) were investigated in Budapest in connection with climatic data, such as daily maximum, minimum temperature, and air humidity.…”

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Examination of the Suicide Characteristics Based on the Scene Investigation in Capital Budapest (2009–2011)

Kristóf¹,

Vörös

Marcsa

et al. 2015

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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Medicolegal evaluation of postmortem findings at the death scene represents an important part of forensic medicine. The aim of this study was to investigate the occurrence and characteristics of suicide events. Data collection was performed from the police scene investigation reports in capital Budapest between 2009 and 2011. In this study, epidemiological parameters such as age, gender, time and place of death, postmortem changes, suicidal method, seasonal and daily distribution, natural diseases, earlier psychiatric treatment, socioeconomic risks, supposed cause of death, final notes, earlier suicide attempts, and suicide ideations were analyzed. There were 892 suicide cases (619 males, 273 females) detected in the investigated period. Hanging, overdose of prescription medications, jumping, use of firearms, drowning, and electrotrauma showed statistical differences among genders (p<0.05). The most common methods of suicide among men and women were hanging (57.4%) and overdose of prescription medications (33%), respectively. Death scene characteristics represent the important factors for forensic medicine.

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Examination of the Suicide Characteristics Based on the Scene Investigation in Capital Budapest (2009–2011)

Kristóf¹,

Vörös

Marcsa

et al. 2015

Journal of Forensic Sciences

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“…Previous studies indicate that ‘violent crime’ as a broad category (often including homicide, assault, burglary, domestic violence and/or rape) may be positively associated with ambient temperature [1, 4, 5, 8–21], but evidence on the relationship between temperature and homicide specifically is more limited [3, 11, 13–17, 22, 23]. A recent paper [24] on the links between heat and homicide reviewed 16 studies, noting that nine reported a significant positive association whereas the others reported positive but non-significant associations.…”

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Short-term association between ambient temperature and homicide in South Africa: a case-crossover study

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BackgroundCriminology research has traditionally investigated sociodemographic predictors of crime, such as sex, race, age, and socioeconomic status. However, evidence suggests that short-term fluctuations in crime often vary more than long-term trends, which sociodemographic factors cannot explain. This has redirected researchers to explore how environmental factors, such as meteorological variables, influence criminal behavior. In this study we investigate the association between daily ambient temperature and homicide incidence in South Africa, a country with one of the highest homicide rates in the world.MethodsMortality data was from South Africa’s civil registration system and includes all recorded deaths in the country from 1997 to 2013 (17 years). Daily temperature was from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Association of the United States and South Africa’s Agricultural Research Council. Data were analyzed using a time-stratified case-crossover design with conditional logistic regression. We delineated cases as either “definite” (ICD-10 codes X85-Y09, n = 68,356) or “probable” homicides (ICD-10 codes W25-W26, W32-W34, W50, Y22-Y24, Y28-Y29, n = 177,873). Case periods were defined as the day on which a death occurred. Control periods were selected using a day-of-week match within the same month and district. Analyses investigated same-day and lagged effects of maximum, mean and minimum temperature.ResultsA one-degree Celsius increase in same-day maximum temperature – our a priori metric of choice – was associated with a 1.5% (1.3–1.8%) increase in definite homicides and a 1.2% (1.1–1.3%) increase in total (definite + probable) homicides. Significant (p < 0.05) positive associations were also observed when applying other temperature metrics (mean, minimum) and lags (1, 0–1). The shape of the association did not display any clear non-linearities. There was no evidence of confounding by public holidays or air pollution.ConclusionsThis study suggests a positive association between daily ambient temperature and homicide in South Africa. This temperature-health relationship may be of particular concern in the context of climate change. The ability to include meteorological variables as a predictor of criminal activity and violent behavior could prove valuable in resource allocation for crime prevention efforts.

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“…20 Talaie et al discussed the relationship between homicide, suicide and hospitalization of psychiatric patients in Mashhad according to climatic factors, and they found a strong relationship between violence and hospitalization of mental patients with a daily average temperature, minimum and maximum relative humidity, and minimum and maximum daily atmospheric pressure. 21 Rosenthal et al reported that clinical depression occurs regularly during the winter months and decrease during spring and summer. They also noticed some related high range of changes in behavioral and physiological of people, including decreased physical activity, change in appetite, increased drowsiness, reducing of social interactions and increased excitability to winter.…”

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Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Mood Disorders in Isfahan Province, Iran

Entezari

Sepahvand

2017

Int j epidemiol res

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Background and aims: Physical and social environments are effective on personality traits. What is in the framework of medical geography, is physical environment that can have positive effect on the human psyche. It can also have negative effects whose investigation is in the field of medical geographers. Methods:The present study is a descriptive analytical research that discusses the modeling of the vulnerability of mood disorders (depression, bipolar) by using meta-ranking PROMETHEE, and ArcGIS software to study climatic parameters on the spatial distribution of these disorders in Isfahan Province from 2007 to 2011. Results: The prevalence of mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder) in all the province had a direct correlation with each other. Isfahan, Lenjan, and Shahin Shahr were very high-risk cities and Nain and Semirom were low-risk cities. The prevalence and incidence of these disorders have a direct correlation with temperature, precipitation and humidity. There was no significant correlation between sunshine hours and incidence of mood disorders in Isfahan province. The percentage of incidence of these disorders was almost twice higher in men than women. Conclusion: Climatic parameters can be one of those factors that are effective in incidence and increasing of mood disorders (depression, bipolar). This issue highlights the need for more study and research in this field.

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The Relationship between Meteorological Conditions and Homicide, Suicide, Rage, and Psychiatric Hospitalization

Cited by 21 publications

References 61 publications

Examination of the Suicide Characteristics Based on the Scene Investigation in Capital Budapest (2009–2011)

Examination of the Suicide Characteristics Based on the Scene Investigation in Capital Budapest (2009–2011)

Short-term association between ambient temperature and homicide in South Africa: a case-crossover study

Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Mood Disorders in Isfahan Province, Iran

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