BACKGROUND Older adults have elevated suicide rates. Self-harm is the most important risk factor for suicide. There are few population-based studies of self-harm in older adults. AIMS To calculate self-harm rates, risk factors for repetition and rates of suicide following self-harm in adults aged 60 years and over. METHOD We studied a prospective, population-based self-harm cohort presentin...

OBJECTIVE To characterize self-poisoning suicide deaths in BD compared to other suicide decedents. METHODS Extracted coroner data from all suicide deaths (n = 3319) in Toronto, Canada from 1998 to 2012. Analyses of demographics, clinical history, recent stressors, and suicide details were conducted in 5 subgroups of suicide decedents: BD self-poisoning, BD other methods, non-BD self-poisoning...

OBJECTIVE Most of the research into suicide and self-harm has been conducted in the United States and Europe, yet the volume of research does not reflect the distribution of suicide globally, with Asia accounting for up to 60% of all suicides. The present study systematically reviews the literature to assess the prevalence and correlates of suicidal acts in Malaysia in Southeast Asia. METHODS...

OBJECTIVES This study examines whether there is a difference between urban versus suburban and rural adolescents in their use of health services following two types of self-harm distinguished as self-harm with or without suicide intent. SETTING A nationwide cross-sectional school survey of 11 406 Norwegian adolescents aged 13-19 years in 73 Norwegian junior and senior high schools. PARTICIP...

OBJECTIVE This minireview summarizes the existing evidence from large, international observational studies and RCTs on the suicide preventive effects of lithium as compared to other mood stabilizers and antidepressants. METHODS Unsystematic literature review. RESULTS There is increasing and robust evidence from a relatively large number of studies and metaanalyses that lithium long-term tre...

background: suicide has constituted a critical public health problem for many decades. the number of completed suicide is traditionally high in iran. the objective of the present study was to describe the patterns of methods of suicide among registered deaths due to suicide in hamada, western iran. methods: in this cross-sectional study, all completed suicide cases (n=146) were included from ma...

BACKGROUND Self-harm is associated with a high risk of suicide. It is unclear whether suicidal intent at the time of self-harm is a risk factor for future suicidal behaviour. AIMS To investigate the relationship between suicidal intent and patient characteristics, repetition of self-harm, and suicide. METHOD Clinical and demographic data on 4415 patients presenting to hospital following sel...

WHAT IS ALREADY KNOWN ON THIS TOPIC? Suicide rates among prisoners are higher than in the general population. It has also been shown that specific risk factors, such as violent behaviour in prison, psychiatric diagnosis, substance abuse and previous suicide attempts are associated with self-harm in prison. Fifty per cent of prisoners who die by suicide have a history of self-harm and longitudin...