background elimination of suicide attempts is impossible, but they can be reduced dramatically by an organized planning. the present study aimed to survey the suicide trends in fars province (iran), during 2004-2009 to better understand the prevalence and status of suicide.   methods this survey was a cross-sectional study. the demographic data were collected from the civil status registry betw...

  Background Elimination of suicide attempts is impossible, but they can be reduced dramatically by an organized planning. The present study aimed to survey the suicide trends in Fars province (Iran), during 2004-2009 to better understand the prevalence and status of suicide.   Methods This survey was a cross-sectional study. The demographic data were collected from the civil status registry be...

The aim of the paper is to quantify the burden and risk factors of fatal and non-fatal suicidal behaviors in rural Bangladesh. A census was carried out in seven sub-districts encompassing 1.16 million people. Face-to-face interviews were conducted at the household level. Descriptive analyses were done to quantify the burden and Poisson regression was run to determine on risk factors. The estima...

OBJECTIVE The authors present an analysis of findings for the 65 years and over age group from the WHO/EURO Multicentre Study of Suicidal Behaviour (1989-93). METHODS Multinational data on non-fatal suicidal behaviour is derived from 1518 subjects in 16 European centres. Local district data on suicide were available from 10 of the collaborating centres. RESULTS Stockholm (Sweden), Pontoise ...

BACKGROUND Non-fatal self-harm frequently leads to non-fatal repetition and sometimes to suicide. We need to quantify these two outcomes of self-harm to help us to develop and test effective interventions. AIMS To estimate rates of fatal and non-fatal repetition of self-harm. METHOD A systematic review of published follow-up data, from observational and experimental studies. Four electronic...

OBJECTIVE Previous research has indicated that there is an increased risk of fatal accidents in veterans of military operations and that such accidental deaths may be related to mental health problems. This study was conducted to investigate fatal accidents in Norwegian former peacekeepers. METHODS A subgroup of alcohol-related fatal accidents was identified. Interview data with next of kin, ...

BACKGROUND Methods used at an index episode of non-fatal self-harm may predict risk of future suicide. Little is known of suicide risk associated with most recent non-fatal method, and whether or not change in method is important. METHODS A prospective cohort of 30,202 patients from the Multicentre Study of Self-harm in England presenting to six hospitals with self-harm, 2000-2007, was follow...

The aim of the present study is to compare the needs proposed by the interpersonal-psychological theory of suicide (IPTS) and the suicide as psychache (SAP) theory in their ability to predict lethal suicidal behavior. Utilizing a sample of 38 suicide notes from both fatal and non-fatal suicides, graduate student raters examined the presence of the thwarted needs proposed by both theories. None ...

BACKGROUND Substance use disorders have repeatedly been found to lead to premature death, i.e. drug-related death by disease, fatal intoxications, or trauma (accidents, suicide, undetermined suicide, and homicide). The present study examined the relationship between multi-drug substance use and natural and unnatural death. METHODS All consecutive, autopsied patients who had been in contact wi...

OBJECTIVE To determine the rate and risk of suicide and accidental fatal drug overdose (ie, overdose deemed not to have been suicide) in individuals who had been medically ascertained as having been sexually abused during childhood. DESIGN A historical cohort linkage study of suicide and accidental drug-induced death among victims of child sexual abuse (CSA). SETTING AND PATIENTS Forensic m...