Living Conditions of Adolescents Who Have Attempted Suicide in Mexico

Attempted suicide in adolescents.

Living with attempted suicide.

Self-destructive behaviour is an increasing problem to workers in all fields of medicine. When attempted suicide occurs this will be an indication of distress and this will be manifest in the patient, persons in his social environment and to medical workers involved in rescue from the attempt itself and treatment of the condition which led to this behaviour. One of the major issues confronting ...

Psychopathology of seasonal affective disorder patients in comparison with major depression patients who have attempted suicide.

BACKGROUND Few studies have compared the psychopathology of patients with seasonal and nonseasonal mood disorders. METHOD We compared the psychopathology of a consecutively referred sample of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) outpatients (N = 87) with that of hospitalized suicide attempters who had nonseasonal major depression (N = 65) by using the Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scal...

Survey socio-demographic characteristics of adolescents attempted suicide with ‎rice tablet in Razi Hospital in Rasht

Introduction:‎‏ ‏Adolescence and mental and physical changes due to puberty can influence ‎their functions in several ways. If their difficulties are neglected it can result in personality ‎disorder and put them at risk. Some adolescents decide very quickly and don't have the life ‎skills while confronting problems and in order to escape the problems may decide to commit...

Protective Factors in the Inuit Population of Nunavut: A Comparative Study of People Who Died by Suicide, People Who Attempted Suicide, and People Who Never Attempted Suicide

Epidemiological data shows an alarming prevalence of suicide in Aboriginal populations around the world. In Canada, the highest rates are found in Inuit communities. In this article, we present the findings of a secondary analysis conducted with data previously collected as part of a larger study of psychological autopsies conducted in Nunavut, Canada. The objective of this secondary analysis w...