Sunshine tied to suicide risk: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Exposure to sunshine over a short period of time may increase the risk of suicide but may also lower the risk over several months, suggests a new study from Austria.

People shouldn’t avoid the sun based on the study’s findings, says its senior author. Instead, they may consider adding sunshine to the list of factors that may influence the risk of suicide.

“Suicide is complicated and has many risk factors,” said Dr. Matthaeus Willeit from the University of Vienna.

“People always tend to think of it in either biological or social terms, but there is no single cause,” he said. “It’s a bunch of risk factors that you have. That is just one of many risk factors.”

Sunshine - Jonathan Edwards

Sunshine go away today
I don’t feel much like dancing
Some man’s come he’s trying to run my life
Don’t know what he’s asking

When he tells me I better get in line
Can’t hear what he’s saying
When I grow up, I’m gonna make him mine
These ain’t dues, I been paying

How much does it cost? I’ll buy it
The time is all we’ve lost, I’ll try it
And he can’t even run his own life
I’ll be damned if he’ll run mine, sunshine

Sunshine, go away today
I don’t feel much like dancing
Some man’s come, he’s trying to run my life
Don’t know what he’s asking

Working starts to make me wonder where
Fruits of what I do are going
When he says in love and war all is fair
He’s got cards he ain’t showing

How much does it cost? I’ll buy it
The time is all we’ve lost, I’ll try it
And he can’t even run his own life
I’ll be damned if he’ll run mine, sunshine

Sunshine, come on back another day
I promise you, I’ll be singing
This old world, she’s gonna turn around
Brand new bells will be ringing

Exposure to sunshine over a short period of time may increase the risk of suicide but may also lower the risk over several months, suggests a new study from Austria.

Makes sense. Anything that provides a short term pick up will give the suicidal person the energy or clearness of thought to actually plan and carry it through.

However long term exposure will lift the mood enough that you become accustomed to feeling better and so suicide is no longer a viable option.

The suicide warnings on any antidepressants are there for exactly the same reason.

Exposure to sunshine over a short period of time may increase the risk of suicide but may also lower the risk over several months, suggests a new study from Austria.

So, there is hope for vampires, gradual exposure may
lead to increased tolerance.

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