| Title: |
Association between a large change between the minimum and maximum monthly values of solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder |
| Authors: |
Ritter, Philipp; Glenn, Tasha; Achtyes, Eric D.; Alda, Martin; Agaoglu, Esen; Altınbaş, Kürsat; Andreassen, Ole A.; Angelopoulos, Elias; Ardau, Raffaella; Aydin, Memduha; Ayhan, Yavuz; Baethge, Christopher; Bauer, Rita; Baune, Bernhard T.; Balaban, Ceylan; Becerra-Palars, Claudia; Behere, Aniruddh P.; Behere, Prakash B.; Belete, Habte; Belete, Tilahun; Belizario, Gabriel Okawa; Bellivier, Frank; Belmaker, Robert H.; Benedetti, Francesco; Berk, Michael; Bersudsky, Yuly; Bicakci, Şule; Birabwa-Oketcho, Harriet; Bjella, Thomas D.; Brady, Conan; Cabrera, Jorge; Cappucciati, Marco; Castro, Angela Marianne Paredes; Chen, Wei Ling; Cheung, Eric Y.W.; Chiesa, Silvia; Chanopoulou, Margarita; Crowe, Marie; Cuomo, Alessandro; Dallaspezia, Sara; Desai, Pratikkumar; Dodd, Seetal; Etain, Bruno; Fagiolini, Andrea; Fellendorf, Frederike T.; Ferensztajn-Rochowiak, Ewa; Fiedorowicz, Jess G.; Fountoulakis, Kostas N.; Frye, Mark A.; Geoffroy, Pierre A.; Gitlin, Michael J.; Gonzalez-Pinto, Ana; Gottlieb, John F.; Grof, Paul; Haarman, Bartholomeus C.M.; Harima, Hirohiko; Hasse-Sousa, Mathias; Henry, Chantal; Hoffding, Lone; Houenou, Josselin; Imbesi, Massimiliano; Isometsä, Erkki T.; Ivkovic, Maja; Janno, Sven; Johnsen, Simon; Kapczinski, Flávio; Karakatsoulis, Grigorios N.; Kardell, Mathias; Kessing, Lars Vedel; Kim, Seong Jae; König, Barbara; Kot, Timur L.; Koval, Michael; Kunz, Mauricio; Lafer, Beny; Landén, Mikael; Larsen, Erik R.; Licht, Rasmus W.; Ludwig, Vera M.; Lopez-Jaramillo, Carlos; MacKenzie, Alan; Madsen, Helle Østergaard; Madsen, Simone Alberte Kongstad A.; Mahadevan, Jayant; Mahardika, Agustine; Manchia, Mirko; Marsh, Wendy; Martinez-Cengotitabengoa, Monica; Martini, Julia; Martiny, Klaus; Mashima, Yuki; McLoughlin, Declan M.; Meesters, Alie N.R.; Meesters, Ybe; Melle, Ingrid; Meza-Urzúa, Fátima; Michaelis, Elisabeth; Mikolas, Pavol; Mok, Yee Ming; Monteith, Scott; Moorthy, Muthukumaran; Morken, Gunnar; Mosca, Enrica; Mozzhegorov, Anton A.; Munoz, Rodrigo; Mythri, Starlin V.; Nacef, Fethi; Nadella, Ravi K.; Nakanotani, Takako; Nielsen, René Ernst; O’Donovan, Claire; Omrani, Adel; Osher, Yamima; Ouali, Uta; Pantovic-Stefanovic, Maja; Pariwatcharakul, Pornjira; Petite, Joanne; Petzold, Johannes; Pfennig, Andrea; Pilhatsch, Maximilian; Ruiz, Yolanda Pica; Pinna, Marco; Pompili, Maurizio; Porter, Richard; Quiroz, Danilo; Rabelo-da-Ponte, Francisco Diego; Ramesar, Raj; Rasgon, Natalie; Ratta-apha, Woraphat; Redahan, Maria; Reddy, M. S.; Reif, Andreas; Reininghaus, Eva Z.; Richards, Jenny Gringer; Rybakowski, Janusz K.; Sathyaputri, Leela; Scippa, Angela M.; Simhandl, Christian; Smith, Daniel; Smith, José; Stackhouse, Paul W.; Stein, Dan J.; Stilwell, Kellen; Strejilevich, Sergio; Su, Kuan Pin; Subramaniam, Mythily; Sulaiman, Ahmad Hatim; Suominen, Kirsi; Tanra, Andi J.; Tatebayashi, Yoshitaka; Teh, Wen Lin; Tondo, Leonardo; Torrent, Carla; Tuinstra, Daniel; Uchida, Takahito; Vaaler, Arne E.; Vieta, Eduard; Viswanath, Biju; Volf, Carlo; Yang, Kai Jie; Yoldi-Negrete, Maria; Yalcinkaya, Oguz Kaan; Young, Allan H.; Zgueb, Yosra; Whybrow, Peter C.; Bauer, Michael |
| Contributors: |
Department of Psychiatry; HUS Psychiatry; University of Helsinki; Clinicum; HUS Group |
| Publisher Information: |
Springer |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
Helsingfors Universitet: HELDA – Helsingin yliopiston digitaalinen arkisto |
| Subject Terms: |
Bipolar disorder; Environment; Solar insolation; Suicide attempt; Sunlight; Neurology and psychiatry |
| Description: |
Background: The rate of suicide attempts by patients with bipolar disorder is high. In addition to patient and country specific factors, environmental factors may contribute to suicidal behavior. Sunlight has multiple diverse impacts on human physiology and behavior. Solar insolation is defined as the electromagnetic energy from the sun striking a surface area on earth. We previously found that a large change in solar insolation between the minimum and maximum monthly values was associated with an increased risk of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar I disorder. Methods: The association between solar insolation and a history of suicide attempts in bipolar disorder was again investigated using an international database with 15% more data and more sites at diverse locations and countries. Results: Data were available from 5641 patients with bipolar I disorder living at a wide range of latitudes in 41 countries in both hemispheres. A large change in solar insolation between the minimum and maximum monthly values was associated with a history of suicide attempts in patients with bipolar I disorder, a replication of our prior analysis. The estimated model also associated state sponsored religion in the onset country, female gender, a history of alcohol or substance abuse, and being part of a younger birth cohort with a history of suicide attempts. Conclusions: A large change between the minimum and maximum monthly values of solar insolation was associated with a history of suicide attempts in bipolar I disorder, replicating our prior research. Physicians should be aware that daylight has wide ranging physiological and psychiatric impacts, and that living with large changes in solar insolation may be associated with an increased suicide risk. ; Peer reviewed |
| Document Type: |
article in journal/newspaper |
| File Description: |
application/pdf |
| Language: |
English |
| ISBN: |
978-85-212-7627-2; 85-212-7627-3 |
| Relation: |
Michael Berk is supported by a NHMRC Leadership 3 Investigator grant (GNT2017131). EV thanks the support of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (PI21/00787) integrated into the Plan Nacional de I+D+I and co-financed by the Instituto de Salud Carlos III -Subdirecci\u00F3n General de Evaluaci\u00F3n and the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER); the Secretaria d'Universitats i Recerca del Departament d'Economia i Coneixement (2021-SGR-01358), CERCA Programme, Generalitat de Catalunya; La Marat\u00F3-TV3 Foundation grants 202234-30; the European Union Horizon 2020 research and innovation program (H2020-EU.3.1.1.\u2014Understanding health, wellbeing and disease, H2020-EU.3.1.3. Treating and managing disease: Grant 945151, HORIZON.2.1.1\u2014Health throughout the Life Course: Grant 101057454 and EIT Health (EDIT-B project).; https://hdl.handle.net/10138/589979; 85212762738; 001458297400001 |
| Availability: |
https://hdl.handle.net/10138/589979 |
| Rights: |
cc_by ; info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess ; openAccess |
| Accession Number: |
edsbas.4E112DB9 |
| Database: |
BASE |