Background & Aim: Following the increasing rate of suicide and its outcomes in recent decades, WHO introduced its attempt to decrease suicide rate as one of its aims in world health program by 2000. As a part of multinational project of World Health Organization, this study was undertaken to determine demographic characteristics of suicide attempters attending emergency ward of Karaj Hospit...

The scientific investigation on the role of religion on the suicide rates has begun by the end of the nineteenth century. Nevertheless, these studies have been focused on the comparison of suicide rates between Protestants and Catholics. Given the enormous diminishing effect of Islam on suicide rates within Islamic communities, the history of scientific studies on this issue dates back only t...

Background & Objectives: Suicide has been recognized as a public health concern in all communities. Several factors are contributing to its incidence in developed and developing countries. Purpose of this study is to investigate seasonal patterns of suicide in Ilam province western Iran. Methods: Data were recruited from a systematic registry of Ilam province between available from 2001–2009. O...

Objective: Suicide rate is unfortunately increasing in recent years and its assessment is a must. Most studies have evaluated different factors like personality, depression, or environment in suicide attempters but cognitive functions have been overlooked in suicide attempters. The current research aimed to evaluate a kind of cognitive function, namely attention in survivors of suicide.  ...

Suicide is liable for one percent of mortality and is one of the eight major causes of mortality. One of the planning factors of suicide is the psychiatric disorders, and two Internalizing and Externalizing problems have been found as the most significant psychiatric problems in suicide attempters. In this study, the prevalence of Internalizing and Externalizing in suicide attempters and their ...

Background and purpose: Suicide is one of the most important social issues and a major cause of mortality in Iran. This study was conducted to evaluate the factors associated with suicide deaths in Eyvan, Iran. Materials and methods: Data of all registered suicide cases during 2005-2011 in Eyvan was obtained from the suicide registry in Ilam province. Chi-square test was used to evaluate the...