OBJECTIVE This study explores the spatiotemporal variations of suicide across Australia from 1986 to 2005, discusses the reasons for dynamic changes, and considers future suicide research and prevention strategies. DESIGN Suicide (1986-2005) and population data were obtained from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. A series of analyses were conducted to examine the suicide pattern by sex, me...

Atypical cases of suicide are less likely to be seen in general hospitals, nonetheless require further investigation into the precipitating factors as well as proper follow-up. This paper illustrates a 61-year-old woman with major depressive disorder who experienced auditory hallucinations during delirious periods of taking low-dose benzodiazepines, who referred to the hospital with a sewing ne...

review of factors resulting in self burning in burning ward   of em.am khomeini hospital in urmia university   of medical sciences, 1380     nanbakhsh j [1] , kiani m [2] , jahangiri o [3] , hemmali m [4] , vazife asi m [5]     abstract:   introduction: suicide may be defined as a request for help. those who commit suicide may regard it as a way for getting rid of terrors of life but it more li...

ObjeCtive To assess the associations between different antidepressant treatments and the rates of suicide and attempted suicide or self harm in people with depression. Design Cohort study. setting Patients registered with UK general practices contributing data to the QResearch database. PartiCiPants 238 963 patients aged 20 to 64 years with a first diagnosis of depression between 1 January 2000...

BACKGROUND The recent economic recession has been associated with short-term increases in suicide in many countries. Data are lacking on the longer-term effect on suicide and on the impact on non-fatal suicidal behaviour. METHODS Using interrupted time series analyses, we have assessed the impact of economic recession and austerity in Ireland on national rates of suicide mortality and self-ha...

INTRODUCTION Suicide is the third cause of mortality in America, second leading cause of death in developed countries, and one of the major health problems. Self-harm is self-inflicted damage to one's self with or without suicidal intent. In the present study, the predictive factors of suicide attempt and non-suicidal self-harm were evaluated in patients referred to emergency department (ED) wi...

This descriptive research was conducted to estimate the method of suicide and suicidal intent among hospitalised suicide attempters at Pakistan Ordinance Factory (POF) Hospital, Wah Cantt, from December 2012 to June 2013. Data were collected from 49 hospitalised suicide attempters through purposive sampling technique by using Suicidal Intent Scale. Majority of suicide attempters (92%) used self...

BACKGROUND In Denmark 8,000 to 10,000 people will attempt suicide each year. The Centre of Excellence in Suicide Prevention in the Capital Region of Denmark is treating patients with suicidal behavior, and a recent survey has shown that 30% of the patients are suffering from borderline personality disorder. The majority of patients (70% to 75%) with borderline personality disorder have a histor...

nursing standards of prevention of suicide in the hospital , is caution s related to suicide . this involves assigning a room with several beds near the nursing station, collecting of dangerous instruments, limiting of each unit, and excessive caring by nurse. the purpose of this policy is preventing of self- destructing behaviors in hospital. however these interventions are not effective unles...

Suicide is difficult to predict and prevent because people who consider killing themselves often are unwilling or unable to report their intentions. Advances in the measurement of implicit cognition provide an opportunity to test whether automatic associations of self with death can provide a behavioral marker for suicide risk. We measured implicit associations about death/suicide in 157 people...