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The Effect of Cancer on Suicide among Elderly Holocaust Survivors
Authors:Ora Nakash PhD  Irena Liphshitz MA  Lital Keinan‐Boker MD  MPH   PhD  Itzhak Levav MD  MSC
Affiliation:1. School of Psychology, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), , Herzliya, Israel;2. National Cancer Registry, Ministry of Health, , Jerusalem, Israel;3. School of Public Health, Haifa University, , Haifa;4. Israel Center for Disease Control, Ministry of Health, , Jerusalem, Israel;5. Department of Mental Health, Ministry of Health, , Jerusalem;6. Department of Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Sciences, Haifa University, , Haifa, Israel
Abstract:Jewish‐Israelis of European origin with cancer have higher suicide rates relative to their counterparts in the general population. We investigated whether this effect results from the high proportion of Holocaust survivors among them, due to vulnerabilities arising from the earlier traumas they sustained. The study was based on all Jewish‐European persons with cancer, 60 years and over, diagnosed in Israel between 1999 and 2007. The standardized incidence ratios were not significantly different between the exposed and nonexposed groups (men: 0.90, 95% CI 0.60–1.19; women: 0.95, 95% CI 0.55–1.37). Past exposure to maximum adversity did not increase the suicide risk among persons with cancer.
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