Contact with psychiatric care prior to suicide: are there differences between migrants and the majority population in Sweden? A cohort study of 12 474 persons who died by suicide between 2006 and 2016.

A large share of those who die by suicide use psychiatric care the year before they die. Non-refugee migrants and persons from Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa have a lower likelihood of utilising psychiatric care prior to suicide compared to Swedish, whereas persons from the Middle East and North Africa have a higher likelihood. Health care and policy makers should consider both migrant status, region of origin and time in the new country for further suicide prevention efforts.