Living with attempted suicide.

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 ...

[Attempted suicide with drugs].

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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Attempted suicide.

This study describes the changing patterns of adult self-poisoning in East Cheshire between 1970 and 1975. Six hundred and ninety episodes were analysed. It was found that the percentage of acute medical admissions due to self-poisoning increased during the five years: it doubled for females and trebled for males. The average annual incidence of self-poisoning was one per 600 q# th$ population,...