scholarly journals Socio-demographic characteristics of persons with psychiatric disorders who committed suicide

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Dragana Ljusic ◽  
Dragan Ravanic ◽  
Ivan Soldatovic ◽  
Snezana Filipovic-Danic ◽  
Mirjana Stojanovic-Tasic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Medical Condition ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Private Source ◽  
Police Records ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

Introduction. Psychiatric disorders represent an important risk factor for death by suicide. The aim of this study was to assess the incidence of psychiatric disorders among the persons who committed suicide in the territory of the City of Nis in the period 2001 - 2010. Additionally, this study aimed to compare the socio-demographic characteristics between persons with and without psychiatric disorders. Material and methods. This retrospective study included 524 persons who committed suicide (330 with and 194 without psychiatric disorders) in the period 2001 - 2010. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, previous suicide attempts, and methods of suicide were obtained from medical and police records (Police Directorate for the City of Nis, and Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia). Results. We studied the incidence of suicides among the persons with psychiatric disorders compared to persons without any medical condition in the studied period. Depression (104, 31.5%) and personality disorders (103, 31.2%) were the most common psychiatric disorders among the persons who committed suicide, whereas only 21 persons (6.36%) had schizophrenia. Persons with psychiatric disorders had a higher level of education, more of them were divorced, had a private source of income and more frequently attempted suicide compared to persons without any diseases (p<0.001). The most common methods of suicide were hanging and poisoning in both investigated groups. Conclusion. Depression was the most common disorder registered among the persons with psychiatric disorders who committed suicide. It is necessary to develop a national strategy for suicide prevention for groups at high risk of suicide.

scholarly journals Characteristics of suicide in the City of Nis within the period 2000-2010.

2018 ◽  
Vol 75 (8) ◽  
pp. 749-755
Author(s):  
Dragana Ljusic ◽  
Dragan Ravanic ◽  
Mirjana Stojanovic-Tasic ◽  
Snezana Filipovic-Danic ◽  
Jovana Cvetkovic ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Significant Public Health Problem ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Somatic Disorders ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City ◽  
Methods Of Suicide ◽  
Previous Suicide Attempt

Background/Aim. Suicide is a significant public health problem worldwide. Numerous factors contribute to suicide. The aim of this study was to investigate the characteristics of suicide in the city of Nis in the period 2001?2010. Methods. The retrospective study consisted of 608 persons divided into three groups: suicide committers with mental disorders, somatic disorders or without registered disorders. Data on socio-demographic characteristics, previous suicide attempts, methods of suicide and presuicidal syndrome were obtained from the Police Directorate for the city of Nis, Ministry of Internal Affairs, Republic of Serbia and from the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia. Results. Persons with mental disorders were the most prevalent group of people who committed suicide (54.3%), followed by persons without registered disorders (31.9%) and with somatic disorders (13.8%). Persons with mental disorders who committed suicide were most often divorced, with high school education, monthly salary and with at least one previous suicide attempt. The hanging was the most frequent method of committing suicide in all investigated groups, followed by self-poisoning using drugs or liquid substances. The presuicidal syndrome was significantly more frequent among persons with mental disorders compared to persons with somatic disorders or without registered disorders others (45.8% vs. 16.7%, and 45.8% vs. 28.4% respectively p < 0.001). Conclusion. Although the persons with mental disorders are in the greatest risk of suicide, they are under medical care. In this regard, the prevention programs should be directed towards persons with severe somatic disorders and to old persons without registered disorders.

Risk of suicide after attempted suicide in the population of Slovenia from 1970 to 1996

2006 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
pp. 396-400 ◽  
Author(s):  
Slavko Ziherl ◽  
Bojan Zalar
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Categorical Variables ◽  
Frequency Table ◽  
Completed Suicide ◽  
The Republic ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Log Linear ◽  
Commit Suicide

AbstractObjective:All suicide attempts cannot predict suicide, therefore we examined those characteristics of suicide attempt which could most accurately predict completed suicide.Subject and methods:Subjects were all individuals registered as committed suicides (N = 16,522) or attempted suicides (N = 15,057) in the register of suicides of the Republic of Slovenia between 1970 and 1996. Log linear analysis of a frequency table was used to uncover relationship between categorical variables.Results:The model we found fit between variables: mode, number of repetitions and type, then between number of repetitions, type and gender, and between mode, type and gender.Discussion:The risk of suicide in those who previously attempted suicide is approximately 773 times higher than the risk of suicide without a previous suicide attempt. Those who attempt suicide by hanging (hanging being in Slovenia the most frequent mode of completed suicide) are at even greater risk to commit suicide.Conclusion:Our data suggests that clinicians should heighten their awareness that any suicide attempt can in some 20% predict suicide. Someone who has attempted suicide by hanging is at the highest risk of suicide.

Suicide and Islam

2021 ◽  
pp. 53-60
Author(s):  
Ahmed Okasha ◽  
Tarek Okasha
Keyword(s):  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Sociocultural Context ◽  
Islamic Culture ◽  
Cognitive Schemata ◽  
Life And Death ◽  
Religious Rituals

The historical and philosophical aspects of suicide in Islam, as well as the influences of Islamic culture on the phenomena of suicide and attempted suicide are discussed, focusing chiefly on attitudes in Egypt. All studies show that suicide is less prevalent in Islamic societies compared to countries associated with other religions. Here, the reasons for suicide in different Islamic and Arabic countries are evaluated in relation to the sociocultural context. The cognitive schemata of Muslims follow the phrases of the Koran that humans were created for the main reason of worshipping God, and that life and death issues should be controlled by God and not by self-destruction. This faith can be a factor in preventing suicide attempts, especially in those practising their religious rituals. The phenomenology of psychiatric disorders in Islamic culture is characterized and dominated in its content, whether hallucinations or delusions by religious themes.

scholarly journals Is Drug Use Related to the Choice of Potentially More Harmful Methods in Suicide Attempts?

2014 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. SART.S13851 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dartiu Xavier Da Silveira ◽  
Thiago Marques Fidalgo ◽  
Monica Di Pietro ◽  
Jair Guilherme Santos ◽  
Leonardo Q Oliveira
Keyword(s):  
Drug Use ◽  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Impulse Control ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Impulsive Control ◽  
Psychoactive Drugs ◽  
Emergency Ward ◽  
Dual Diagnoses ◽  
Methods Of Suicide

Objective To identify whether drug abuse is a risk factor for potentially more harmful methods of suicide attempts that could predict suicide completion in the future. Methods: The study involved the assessment of 86 patients who attempted suicide and who were admitted to the emergency ward of a Southwestern Brazilian general hospital. Results: Most patients were women (84.9%), young adults (30.53 ± 10.4 years), and single (61.6%). Recent drug use was reported by 53.5%, and 25.6% reported the use of drugs during the 24-hour period immediately before the suicide attempt. Most patients (75.6%) ingested pills when attempting suicide–-a method considered potentially less harmful. Hanging, jumping, gas inhaling, and wrist cutting accounted for 22.2% of the attempts. Considering dual diagnoses, 54.7% presented with a depressive disorder, 8.1% with a disorder on the impulse control spectrum, and 26.7% reported an associated clinical condition. Recent drug use was predictive of the severity of the suicide attempt, as it was reported by 81% of those who engaged in more harmful attempts and by 46.2% of those who used less harmful methods ( P < 0.01; odds ratio = 4.96; confidence interval: 1.5–16.4). Conclusion: The identified variables associated with the use of potentially more harmful methods in suicide attempts were gender (male), presence of an impulsive control disorder, and recent use of psychoactive drugs.

scholarly journals A Case Report: Attempted Suicide and Suicidal Behavior in an 8 Years Old Child

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Conduct Disorder ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Suicidal Behavior ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Child Rearing ◽  
Cultural Transition ◽  
Family Adversity ◽  
Effective Prevention ◽  
Oppositional Defiant

In most of the countries suicide is one of the ten leading causes of death and for young people it is the second most common cause. But in children suicide is rare and associated with severe personal and social problems. A useful definition of suicidal behavior in children developed by Pfeiffer is “Any self-destructive behavior that has intent to seriously damage oneself or cause death (1986)”. The thought of a child dying by suicide challenges the ideals we hold about how our children grow and develop at their own home and society. It also raises considerations about children’s understandings of death and their capacity to have the intent to suicide. The relationship between psychiatric disorders and adolescent suicide is now well established. Mood disorders, substance abuse, conduct disorder and prior suicide attempts are strongly related with youth and child suicides. Factors related to family adversity, style of parenting and child rearing, recent socio-cultural transition and other precipitating problems also contribute to the risk of suicide. The main target of effective prevention of child and youth suicide is to reduce suicide risk factors. Recognition and effective treatment of psychiatric disorders, e.g. depression, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorders are essential in preventing child and adolescent suicides. In the treatment of youth depression, psychosocial treatments have proved to be useful and efficacious. Here we have described about the case of a 08 year old boy, presenting with restlessness, impulsiveness, multiple threats and one episode of attempted suicide following refusal to watch TV by parents.

scholarly journals Seasonal Changes and Decrease of Suicides and Suicide Attempts in France Over the Last 10 Years”.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marine AMBAR AKKAOUI ◽  
Christine CHAN-CHEE ◽  
Karine LAAIDI ◽  
Gregory FIFRE ◽  
Michel LEJOYEUX ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Attempt ◽  
Psychiatric Disorders ◽  
Seasonal Changes ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Middle Age ◽  
Seasonal Pattern ◽  
Preventive Strategies ◽  
Monthly Basis ◽  
National Databases

Abstract Introduction: The objective of this study was to examine the evolution of suicides and suicide attempts over the last 10 years in France. Methods: We analyzed the number of deaths by suicide and suicide attempts in metropolitan France (2009-2018) from French national databases, on a daily, weekly or monthly basis. Seasonal variation in suicide rates was modeled using a cosinor function. Based on this model, we determined the association of suicides and suicide attempts with geographic characteristics, age, gender, means used and psychiatric disorders. Results: The number of suicides and suicide attempts decreased over the last ten years in France (mean decrease of 14.49% and 11.69% per year). We observed a significant and recurrent seasonal pattern of suicides and suicide attempts in France, with a peak in spring. The suicide and suicide attempt rates were higher in the northern departments of France. Suicides were more frequent for men (75%) and middle-age individuals (45-54 years old), while suicide attempts were more frequent for women (62%) and young adults and middle-age individual (15-19 and 40-49 years old). Nearly two-thirds of the patients who attempted suicide suffered from comorbid psychiatric disorders. Mood disorders was the most frequent comorbid psychiatric disorder (54%). Voluntary drug intoxication was the most common means of suicide attempt (80%), and hanging was the most common means of suicide (54%).Conclusion: The number of suicides and suicide attempts decreased in France over the last 10 years, with large and recurrent seasonal variations. These findings could be used to alert and adjust prevention policies, as well as developing preventive strategies such as chronotherapeutics.

Suicides and Suicide Attempts in Emergency Medicine

Crisis ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 68-73 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frank-Gerald Pajonk ◽  
Kai Arist Simon Gruenberg ◽  
Heinzpeter Moecke ◽  
Dieter Naber
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medicine ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Severity Of Illness ◽  
Emergency Physicians ◽  
Completed Suicide ◽  
The City ◽  
Commit Suicide

Summary: Objective: In emergency medicine, suicides and attempted suicides represent a major challenge for emergency physicians (EPs) and paramedics, both in terms of psychiatric and somatic treatment. To date no investigations have been performed to determine prevalence rates, method of suicide or attempted suicide, and the problems faced by EPs when treating these patients. This investigation presents a first evaluation of the complete emergency protocols from a major German city focusing on suicide and parasuicide. Methods: A retrospective analysis of all EP protocols from 1995 in the city of Hamburg was performed. All protocols were evaluated with respect to suicide parasuicide and suicidal ideation. Demographic data and information on method of suicide or attempted suicide, severity of illness, and underlying psychiatric disorder were extracted from the protocols. Results: A total of 26,347 emergency protocols were evaluated. Suicide and attempted suicide were considered either certain, probable, or possible in 743 cases (2.8%). Suicide was committed in 171 cases and attempted were made by 572 individuals. More men committed suicide in all age groups. By far the highest number of suicide attempts were by young men between 18 and 39 years of age. Hanging was the most commonly used method of completed suicide (41%), followed by jumping from a height (21%). The methods of intoxication with medication (54%) and illegal drugs (17%) clearly prevailed in suicide attempts. Documentation of suicides and attempted suicides was revealed to be unsatisfactory. Underlying psychiatric disorders were scarcely recorded. Conclusion: In emergency medicine, the incidence of suicide or the attempt to commit suicide is small, yet disturbing. The frequency assessed may be too low as result of methodology. There is a need to improve the education of emergency physicians and paramedics in this area, and there is a need for data to be collected in a prospective design.

scholarly journals The importance of understanding the connection between the characteristics and motivation of visitors

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-125
Author(s):  
Ines Milohnić ◽  
Ivana Licul ◽  
Ivona Predović
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Analysis ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Cultural Experiences ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The City ◽  
Structured Questionnaire ◽  
Event Managers

The purpose of this paper is to examine the characteristics and motivations of event visitors. The goals are to systematically identify socio-demographic characteristics of visitors to tourist events and identify key motivation for visiting tourist events. In addition, the research aims to investigate the correlation between the socio-demographic characteristics of visitors and their motivations for visiting a tourist event. The research was conducted among the visitors of a tourist event (103 respondents), using the survey method and a pre-designed structured questionnaire. The survey was conducted in April 2017, during the duration of an event which is held every year in the city of Zagreb in the Republic of Croatia. The results of the conducted research have shown significant differences between the different socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents and their motivations. Thus, women are more highly motivated by a desire for cultural experiences (34%), while men are motivated the most by curiosity/desire for new experiences (45%). Furthermore, correlation analysis has led to the conclusion that there is a significant correlation between motivation domains and the socio-demographic characteristics of respondents (gender, age and education). Understanding the visitors’ characteristics and event motivations could serve as a useful tool for event managers. It could help them to develop and manage events, with the aim of improving the event offering to meet the needs and demands of different visitors. Given the growing importance of events as an enrichment element of the tourism offering, this research can contribute to the advancement of knowledge in this field.

Upaya Preventif Terhadap Perilaku Percobaan Bunuh Diri dalam Tinjauan Hak Asasi Manusia

ADALAH ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Siti Ngainnur Rohmah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Attempted Suicide ◽  
Suicide Attempts ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Basic Rights ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Government ◽  
The Right

Abstract:Every Indonesian citizen has human rights. Among those basic rights is the right to life. Nowadays frequent suicide attempts occur. Suicide becomes a trend to end life, because it is felt no longer able to face the tough problems of life. The Government of the Republic of Indonesia has taken preventive measures to protect citizens from attempted suicide by issuing regulations contained in KUHP article 345. Thus, human rights, especially the right to life of Indonesian citizens can be maintained.Keywords: Suicide, Preventive, Human Rights Abstrak:Setiap warga Negara Indonesia memiliki hak asasi manusia. Di antara hak asasi itu adalah hak untuk hidup. Dewasa ini sering terjadi tindakan percobaan bunuh diri. Bunuh diri menjadi trend untuk mengakhiri kehidupan dikarenakan merasa tidak sanggup lagi menghadapi permasalahan hidup yang sangat berat. Pemerintah Negara Republik Indonesia telah melakukan tindakan preventif untuk melindungi warganya dari tindakan percobaan bunuh diri dengan mengeluarkan peraturan yang tertuang pada KUHP pasal 345. Dengan demikian hak asasi manusia, terutama hak untuk hidup warga Negara Indonesia dapat terjaga.Kata Kunci: Bunuh Diri, Preventif, Hak Asasi Manusia 

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