Children who attempted suicide with agricultural poisons

Some characteristics of patients with schizophrenia who attempted suicide.

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to determinate some characteristics of schizophrenia patients who attempted suicide at the Skopje Psychiatric Hospital, Skopje, with respect to clinical, ethical and legal context. METHODS The study included 80 patients with schizophrenia, 17.5% (n=14) of whom attempted suicide. The psychiatric diagnosis of schizophrenia was based on ICD-10 criteria. Socio...

Congenital abnormalities in children of 43 pregnant women who attempted suicide with large doses of nitrazepam.

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the teratogenic effect of very large doses of nitrazepam in children born to pregnant women who attempted suicide and to check the feasibility of self-poisoning pregnant women model. DESIGN AND SETTING Comparative analysis of exposed children and their unexposed sibs born to the same mothers who attempted suicide during the study pregnancy and admitted to the toxicologic...

[Attempted suicide with drugs].

Living with attempted suicide.

Self-destructive behaviour is an increasing problem to workers in all fields of medicine. When attempted suicide occurs this will be an indication of distress and this will be manifest in the patient, persons in his social environment and to medical workers involved in rescue from the attempt itself and treatment of the condition which led to this behaviour. One of the major issues confronting ...

Protective Factors in the Inuit Population of Nunavut: A Comparative Study of People Who Died by Suicide, People Who Attempted Suicide, and People Who Never Attempted Suicide

Epidemiological data shows an alarming prevalence of suicide in Aboriginal populations around the world. In Canada, the highest rates are found in Inuit communities. In this article, we present the findings of a secondary analysis conducted with data previously collected as part of a larger study of psychological autopsies conducted in Nunavut, Canada. The objective of this secondary analysis w...