Epidemiology of suicide and attempted suicide in the South Eastern Region

Suicide and attempted suicide

Accurate prediction of suicide risk remains a challenge, in its prevention. Many people with psychiatric disorders do not manifest suicidal behaviour, suggesting the importance of diathesis, or susceptibility to suicide, in addition to associated disorders. At present there are no biomarkers to predict suicidal behaviour. The authors of this article have attempted to describe the neurobiology o...

Suicide and Attempted Suicide

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Epidemiology of attempted suicide in Hatay, Turkey.

OBJECTIVE To determine suicide rates, sociodemographic risk factors, and reasons for suicide attempts. METHODS This hospital based, retrospective study consisted of 1613 suicide attempts brought to the emergency services of 8 state hospitals in Hatay, Turkey from January 2007 to December 2009. We obtained the data by retrospective analysis of patient record forms including information on age,...

Adolescent suicide and attempted suicide.

Suicide and attempted suicide: the Rehoboth experience.

INTRODUCTION St Mary's Hospital in Rehoboth, Namibia, attends to all individuals who have health problems that are considered serious by the community. The aim of this study was to describe the existing suicide management approach in Rehoboth. METHOD Clinical charts of all patients who attended St Mary's Hospital Rehoboth were manually collected and reviewed. In the process, analysis of the p...