Management of attempted suicide in Oxford.

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,...

Attempted suicide in adolescents.

Attempted Suicide in Ludhiana

This study assesses the various socio-demographic correlates, the method adopted and the psychiatric disorders in patients with attempted suicide.Out of 208 cases presented to the hospital, one hundred individuals with suicide attempt were included in the present study. They were evaluated for socio-demographic profile and psychiatric illness on the basis of ICD-10 criteria.Analysis of the resu...