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in Faroese drinking habits is considerably
greater than it appears to have been before
and immediately after the Second World
War. A better understanding of standards
and attitudes to alcohol is obtained by set-
ting them in a wider context of changing
economic, social and cultural conditions in
the period under review.
August G. Wang
Suicidal behaviour in a low-incidence population.
A Study of the Faroe Islanders
Doktararitgerð frá Psykiatrisku deild, Odense Universitetshospitali og Psykiatrisku
deild, Landssjúkrahúsinum, Tórshavn. Doctoral Dissertion from Department of Psychia-
try, Odense University Hospital , Denmark and Dep. of Psychiatry, General Hospital,
Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.
Føroya Fróðskaparfelag, Supplementum XXI, Tórshavn 1996. ISBN 99918-41-21-0
í sekstiárunum var eins og ein bylgja av
sjálvmorðsatferð í vesturheiminum. Bæði
sjálvmorðsroyndir og sjálvmorð øktust í
tali. Henda bylgjan helt á til fram í áttati-
árini, er síðan linkað nakað. Flestu kann-
ingar av hesum fyribrigdi eru gjørdar í stór-
um býarøkjum í útheiminum og serliga har
slík atferð hevur verið meira vanlig.
Føroyar hava verið roknaðar sum eitt
lágsjálvmorðsøki. Tó hava granskaðar
gjørt vart við, at fleiri sjálvmorð vóru í
sjeytiárunum, soleiðis at hendan vestur-
lendska bylgjan kanska var komin higar.
Ritgerðin snýr seg bæði um sjálvmorðs-
royndir og sjálvmorð umframt at onnur
hugtøk, so sum euthanasi (samkennslu-
dráp) verða umrødd. Søguligt yvirlit um
sjálvmorðsatferð í vesturheiminum, norð-
anlondum og Føroyum er inngangur til
kanningarnar. Sjálvar kanningarnar eru
ætlaðar at lýsa slíka atferð í eini broyting-
From the sixties a wave of suicidal behav-
iour was recognized in the westem
world.Both suicide and attempted suicide
was increasing.Most studies of this phe-
nomena have been performed in cities.
Faroe Islands are a group of islands in
North Atlantic with only 45.000 inhabi-
tants. The islands have been considered a
low-incidence area on suicidal behav-
iour.Hovewer, in the seventies, the suicidal
wave seemed to have reached this outpost
of european culture.
The present study comrises both suicide
an attempted suicide and the aim is to elu-
cidate suicidal behaviour on the islands as
such in a period of increase both also to add
to our knowledge about suicidal behaviour
in general.
Attempted suicide has been studied
1960-82 and for this form of sucidal be-