BACKGROUND The objective of this study was to assess sentinel event analysis and relative factors in different mental healthcare settings. In addition, the occurrence of sentinel events in different hospital settings was compared and potential risk factors contributing to sentinel events identified. METHODS A total of 75 consecutive adult subjects were enrolled from 2 psychiatric units, 1 wit...

Objective: Data on national rates of suicide is limited in Iran, preventing an action plan for health scope of suicide prevention. The current brief study was conducted to review available national published data on suicide and to interpret the probable discrepancies. Method: We evaluated all 20-year recent published original articles on committed suicides searching Iranian scientific databases...

ôbjective: ïmpulsivity appears to play an important role in suicidal behavior. the aim of this cross-sectional study was to compare the impulsivity, substance abuse, and family/friends history of suicide attempt between suicide-ideated and non suicide-ideated university students. methods: the research population consisted of all the students of the üniversity of ïsfahan in the academic year of ...

background and aim: one of the most important subjects in the study of suicide is the methods used to it. there are not accurate statistics relating to employed physical methods for suicide in our country. studies conducted in different provinces provided different results. this study aimed to estimate the prevalence of physical methods used in attempted suicides in iran. materials and methods:...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim was to assess the differences in suicide data obtained from different database sources. DESIGN Death certificate based data on suicidal deaths were compared with the information obtained from the non-natural death investigation files at the Public Prosecutor's Office. SETTING The study was confined to the time period of 1981-1984 and to the residents of the district ...

Suicidal attempts have a very significant effect on the society, and they also reflect on the efforts of the supporting health care and counseling facilities; and the mental health professionals involved. The impact of suicide is further magnified by the needs of persons who attempt suicide multiple times, requiring emergency health care and rehabilitation. Preventing such activities becomes a ...

suicide and suicidal thoughts and behaviors is a global phenomenon and has existed throughout history. community reactions to suicide varied through history and historical periods as well. people had different attitudes towards it. suicide can be known as a threat to public health of the society. the painful truth behind suicide is the deep impact of it on the family, community and the society....

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...