Britons are more likely to commit suicide on Monday than any other day of the week, researchers said. This is due not only to the "Monday morning blues" associated with a return to work but, more generally, to a sense of unease related to the start of something new, they said. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) collated evidence from nearly 35,000 suicide cases between 1993 and 2002. "The most common day of death was Monday for both males and females," they said. "This ’Monday effect’ for suicides was consistent across all age groups, methods of suicide and all categories of marital status." Previous studies have suggested that the Monday effect is related to work, but the ONS noted it was also apparent in Britons aged over 75, most of whom do not work. "(This is) consistent with the theory that the day of the week pattern in suicides is related to the effect of a new beginning, rather than employment-related," they said. While Monday was usually the bleakest day of the week, the ONS found that the worst day for suicides in the 9-year period was January 1, 2000--a Saturday.

    研究人员说，星期一是英国人一周之中自杀倾向最强的一天。他们认为这不仅跟重返工作造成的“星期一早晨忧郁症”有关，更多是起因于一种面临新开始的焦虑感。国家统计局将1993年至2002年间近35,000宗自杀事件的相关情况进行了对比，他们说：“星期一是自杀事件最普遍的日子，对男性和女性来说都一样。自杀的‘星期一效应’并不因年龄、自杀方式和婚姻状况不同而有改变。”以前的研究表明“星期一效应”与工作有关，但国家统计局却注意到这一效应对75岁以上的英国人来说也很明显，而他们中的大多数人是不工作的。他们说：“（这种现象）与我们的理论相符，那就是自杀在一周之中分布的状况与新的开始造成的影响有关，而与工作无关。”虽然星期一总体来说是一周中最惨淡的一天，但国家统计局却发现，九年当中自杀人数最多的一天是2000年1月1日——那是个星期六。