BMJ Publishing Group, Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 1(71), p. 12-20, 2013
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2013-101462
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Recent studies have found an increased risk of suicide in people on sickness absence, but less is known about to what extent diagnosis-specific sickness absence is a risk indicator for suicidal behaviour. This study aimed to examine all-cause and diagnosis-specific sickness absence and sick-leave duration as risk indicators for suicide attempt and suicide.