Statistician | Independent researcher | interests include evolutionary biology, suicide, psychology, and philosophy of science. Opinions expressed are my own.
ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5049-573X
James Wiley
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I posted this to reddit, it received a lot of attention before being removed by mods (?) I guess the uncomfortable realities presented were too much for them.
Something exciting is coming soon, stay tuned 😉
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Why do suicide rates rise in the spring and decline in the fall? I argue that those at risk of suicide also face higher risk of dying from other causes, so fall/winter mortality from flu and heart attacks generate lower suicide rates.
rdcu.be/fabXs
COVID provides a useful test because it raised death rates disproportionately within groups already at elevated risk of suicide. Thus the suicide disruption during the pandemic is not unique to COVID itself: COVID raised mortality, while the removal mechanism I propose is what shapes suicide rates.
Recognition of this process dates back at least to Shakespeare, where the suicides of Romeo and Juliet precipitated reconciliation between their feuding families.
osf.io/preprints/os...
And thus, suicide may be understood as a conditioning mechanism, operating on society to alleviate unlivable conditions:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I am happy to share this article, entitled "The importance of Biological Theory". It is my inaugural editorial as the new Editor-in-Chief of @biologicaltheory.bsky.social . In these complex and challenging times, theory is more important now than ever. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1007/s137...
Time to retweet.
No change in suicide rates in our study with data from Austria, Sweden, and Switzerland (some studies did find associations). Another null-finding that was not so easy to publish until some editor decided to have it reviewed.
academic.oup.com/eurpub/artic...
James Wiley
New publication alert! 🚨
We analyzed the shared genetic architecture of suicide attempt (SA) and ideation (SI) across 13 traits using large-scale GWAS. We found shared loci implicating neurodevelopmental, immune, and metabolic pathways, with distinct signatures for SA vs SI. doi.org/10.1016/j.eu...
