Monday and ‘this day’… Most people commit suicide, find out why: Nate News

Globally, analysis has shown that the risk of suicide increases on Mondays and New Year’s Day.

An international research team led by Associate Professor Yunhee Kim of the Department of International and Environmental Health at the University of Tokyo, Japan, said that although previous studies have shown that the risk of suicide increases on certain days of the week or public holidays, the results were inconsistent. The background of the study was stated to be to reveal the impact in detail. In this study, we analyzed data on more than 1.7 million suicides that occurred in 740 regions in 26 countries from 1971 to 2019.

The results showed that the risk of suicide increased on Mondays and New Year’s Day in most countries. First, compared to other days of the week, Monday accounted for 15-18% of the total suicide rate. The risk of suicide occurring on weekends varies greatly across countries, with many countries in North America, Asia and Europe seeing the lowest risk of suicide on Saturdays or Sundays; conversely, the risk of suicide occurring over weekends is higher in Latin American countries, Finland and South Africa.

On New Year’s Day, the risk of suicide increased in all countries. Among them, men in particular showed higher figures. In response to this, the researchers explained that women generally have a larger and more diverse social support system, such as friends and colleagues who they can rely on emotionally, but men are more vulnerable to loneliness and stress.

There are several possible explanations for the increased risk of suicide on Mondays and New Year’s Day, researchers said. One is the ‘broken promise effect theory’, which states that we experience negative emotions when things don’t go as planned. Contrary to high expectations, after a bad weekend or a difficult year, depression and despair worsen, increasing the risk of suicide. Additionally, as the saying goes, Blue Monday, the beginning of the week can increase work pressure and stress. The explanation is that people drinking more alcohol on weekends and on New Year’s Day can also be a risk factor.

The results of this study were published in the British Medical Association Journal 《BMJ》 under the title ‘Association of holidays and the day of the week with suicide risk: multicounty, two stage, time series study’.

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