Links between climate change and suicidal behavior risks

. 2025 May;31(5):1391-1393.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03528-7.

Francis Vergunst¹, Massimiliano Orri^{2

3

4}, Alberto Forte^{5

6}, Marie-Claude Geoffroy^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. francis.vergunst@isp.uio.no.
² McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Francis Vergunst et al. Nat Med. 2025 May.

. 2025 May;31(5):1391-1393.

doi: 10.1038/s41591-025-03528-7.

Francis Vergunst¹, Massimiliano Orri^{2

3

4}, Alberto Forte^{5

6}, Marie-Claude Geoffroy^{2

3}

¹ Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. francis.vergunst@isp.uio.no.
² McGill Group for Suicide Studies, Douglas Mental Health University Institute, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
⁴ Danish Research Institute for Suicide Prevention, Mental Health Centre Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Lausanne University Hospital and University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine and Biology, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: A.F. has received advisory board honoraria with Angelini Pharma. The other authors declare no competing interests.

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