vidence suggests the high rates of “burnout,” “depression,” and “suicidal ideation” among medical doctors and medical students. However, due to privacy, possible job impact, stigma, etc. these two groups might not seek proper mental health treatment (1). As a result, medical practitioners and medical students have a higher suicide rate compared with the general population (2-7). It has been sug...

background: suicide is one of the most important health problems in communities and knowledge of rates and epidemiology of it in any region could help in control and preventing programs .longitudinal registration of annual death data has been employed in this study. methods: in an analytical and cross sectional study pre conducted forms of suicide was engaged to register data , crude and specif...

Self-immolative polymers are a class of that undergo linear depolymerization the main chain, often triggered by single initial degradation event. Chain-unzipping immolation processes followed low-ceiling-temperature yield regenerated monomers, demonstrating remarkable potential these in development reversible and recyclable materials. In this work, we describe synthesis an amino-acid-derived po...

Background: According to the reports published by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) India, every year, the number of suicides are continuously increasing. The number of suicidal deaths in 2014 is 15.8% more than 2004. Objectives: To briefly overview the recent trends in the number of suicides and study risk factors for suicides, means of suicides in India. We explore the association of s...

By definition fire prone ecosystems have highly combustible plants, leading to the hypothesis, first formally stated by Mutch in 1970, that community flammability is the product of natural selection of flammable traits. However, proving the "Mutch hypothesis" has presented an enormous challenge for fire ecologists given the difficulty in establishing cause and effect between landscape fire and ...

This study attempted to differentiate suicide attempters from completers based on their psycho-socio-demographic profile. Suicide attempters admitted to Govt. Medical College, Kozhikode during the period of 1st January to 31st December 2001 were evaluated using a specially designed proforma and for the same period, data of completers were collected using retrospective chart review. The parametr...

The self-immolation of Mohamed Bouazizi on December 17, 2011 in the small Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid, set off a sequence of events culminating in the revolutions of the Arab Spring. It is widely believed that the Internet and social media played a critical role in the growth and success of protests that led to the downfall of the regimes in Egypt and Tunisia. However, the precise mechanisms b...

As the largest continent in the World, Asia accounts for about 60% of World suicides. Preventing suicide by restricting access to suicide methods is one of the few evidence-based suicide prevention strategies. However, there has been a lack of systematic exploration of suicide methods in Asian countries. To amend this shortage, the current review examines the leading suicide methods in differen...

Humans have attempted and successfully committed suicide since time immemorial. The reasons for killing or harming oneself vary with cultures and societies and in urban or rural settings. In ancient European cultures, suicide was common, with women using hanging and men using various tools for deliberate self-harm. Ancient Hindu texts allowed individuals to kill themselves, although in later Up...