background& objectives :    the epidemiology of suicide plays a  significant role in the identification of mental health in the society.the present study was carried out to determine the demographic characteristics and mental state evaluation among victims with suicidal attempt in tabriz ( in 2001 ) . materials and methods :in this cross - sectional study 301 patients (170 females and 131 males...

BACKGROUND This study aim was to describe the epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning among students. SUBJECTS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted on self-poisoned students admitted to Loghman-Hakim Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Variables studied included age, sex, substance abuse, personal history, familial history and the immediate precipitant for the suicide attempt. RESULTS...

OBJECTIVE To study the association between method of attempted suicide and risk of subsequent successful suicide. DESIGN Cohort study with follow-up for 21-31 years. SETTING Swedish national register linkage study. PARTICIPANTS 48,649 individuals admitted to hospital in 1973-82 after attempted suicide. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Completed suicide, 1973-2003. Multiple Cox regression modelling ...

Background: Suicide is a major public health concern resulting in premature deaths. The six years (2010–2015) retrospective study on suicide cases reported at a tertiary care center of Warangal district, Telangana, India aims to explore the trend and determinant of suicide. Results: Suicide was predominant among 35< 45 years aged males and females aged 18< 30 years. The suicide method varied, m...

Background: Lidocaine is a local anesthetic and antiarrhythmic agent. There are reports on accidental and intentional cases of poisoning following injection of lidocaine while rare are the fatal cases realized after oral ingestion of lidocaine. Suicidal poisoning with lidocaine pharmaceutical formulations is rare since no pharmaceutical dosage forms for oral use are available except gels and sp...

abstract background: suicide is a major problem world-wide. the aim of this study was to determine the incidence of suicide in east azerbaijan province, iran. methods: a cross-sectional study conducted from 2010 to 2011. we analysed some characteristics of the cases of suicide based on the health system database. variables such as demographics, outcomes (fatal/nonfatal), and methods used were r...

background : suicide is a global public health problem. deliberate self-poisoning (dsp) is one of the most common methods of suicide in many countries. this study was designed to identify the trends and characteristics of dsp in gorgan. methods: the study was carried out retrospectively in 5 azar hospital. it included 549 patients who were hospitalized in the hospital due to dsp from march 2008...

NSAIDs are nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, thus, they will provide analgesic,antipyretic, anti-inflammatory, antiplatelet effects. Severe poisoning and death because of acuteintoxication can occur by ingestions of more than 400 mg/kg. This cross-sectional retrospectivestudy was carried out in on all patients referred to Loghman Hakim Hospital from 2011 to 2016.Grou...

Objective: Acute poisoning is a common cause of hospital admission in Bangladesh. But, risk factors and characteristics of victims of different modes of poisoning have not been evaluated for possible intervention strategies. So, in this study we aimed to describe the pattern of acute poisoning in central Bangladesh as well as identifying risk factors for various mode of poisoning.Methods:...