This is a case of a 22-year-old Hispanic male with a history of bipolar disorder and methamphetamine dependence who was admitted after presenting with suicidal ideations by slashing his throat with a machete. The patient had been smoking and inhaling "processed" pyrethroid for about eight weeks as an inexpensive methamphetamine substitute. He reported experiencing a "rush" similar to methamphet...

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This study investigated the relationship between attachment patterns and suicidal ideation in a clinical sample of adolescents. Participants (n = 116) were assessed on level of current ideation through self-report questionnaires. Lethality of methods contemplated was also rated on a subset of the sample (n = 16) who, in addition to endorsing current suicidal ideation, presented a plan on a diag...

INTRODUCTION Sleep and lifestyles interact to allow the appropriate development of cerebral structures, and prevention of mood disorders. But just a hand of articles identified a precise relationship between these two above, and the probability to develop a suicidal behaviour. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to explore how the suicidal behaviour is associated in simultaneous with sleep com...

Suicide as a word is of origin in the English Language, derived from the modern Latin suiciduim, which in turn stems from the Latin pronoun for ‘self ’ and verb ‘to kill’. American Psychiatric Association [1] has illustrated a number of suiciderelated key terms, such as: suicide that is self imposed death with confirmation that the person intended to die by killing himself; suicidal ideation wh...

background epilepsy is one of the most prevalent chronic neurologic diseases in population. one of the most common disorders in patients with seizure disorders is a psychiatric disease, such as depression, which is most commonly under diagnosed or treated. objectives the presence of the psychiatric disease and consumption of antiseizure medications are believed to be an underlying cause of suic...

OBJECTIVE Suicide and suicidal behaviours are significant public health problems and a leading cause of death worldwide and in South Africa. We examined the association between childhood adversities and suicidal behaviour over the life course. METHODS A national probability sample of 4351 South African adult participants (aged 18 years and older) in the South African Stress and Health (SASH) ...

The prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is higher in war veterans than the general population. Manifestations PTSD include recurrent memories event question, avoidance what commemorates, self-deprecation, feelings helplessness and guilt, depressive symptoms, memory impairment emotional relational problems. Also sleep disturbances, fear, increased irritability, symptoms stress, ...

The aim of this paper was to reflect on the importance suicidal tendencies in individuals who developed symptoms posttraumatic stress disorder after experiencing rape. We present a case report rape victim attempted suicide as result her trauma. experience can lead post-traumatic and dissociative states victim, increasing risk self-destructive behaviour ideation. Analysing study we considered de...