Fødselsvekt og selvmord: er det noen sammenheng?

Authors

  • Berit Grøholt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5324/nje.v15i1.223

Abstract

Siden Salk i 1985 introduserte ideen om at fødselskomplikasjoner kunne øke risikoen for tenåringsselvmord, har flere studier tatt opp problemstillingen, men med motstridende funn. Sammenhengen mellom lav fødselsvekt og forhøyet mortalitet er vist i en rekke studier, og i noen tilfelle også for selvmord. Artikkelen gjennomgår relevant litteratur, og mye taler for at det er en sammenheng mellom intrauterine komplikasjoner og selvmord. I artikkelen drøftes funn og mulige mediatorer: Endret programmering og utvikling av CNS intrauterint kan føre til dårlig mental helse, kognitiv dysfunksjon og dårlig stresstoleranse. Om lav sosial klasse, dårlig psykisk helse hos foreldre, føstegangsfødende ung mor er konfoundere (effektforvekslere) eller en del av årsakskjeden er ennå ikke klarlagt.

The paper quotes and discusses studies addressing the association between suicide and low birth weight. The results are partly contradictory, but still there seems to be a connection between suicide and low birth weight/birth length. This connection may be mediated through reduced mental health, low stress tolerance or cognitive deficits, all factors that are possibly related to the development of the CNS in utero. To which extent low socioeconomic status, low mental health in parents, low maternal age and nulliparity are factors in the causal pathway or confounders are not yet clarified.

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Published

2009-10-13

How to Cite

Grøholt, B. (2009). Fødselsvekt og selvmord: er det noen sammenheng?. Norsk Epidemiologi, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.5324/nje.v15i1.223

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2005): Early exposure and later disease / Tidlig eksponering og senere sykdom

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