This study aimed to examine the epidemiology and potential causes of suicides and attempted suicide cases that were reported to Rescue 1122 Mianwali in Pakistan. The data were collected prospectively for 2011. One hundred and eight suicides were reported during the study period. Four (4%) victims were found dead at the scene and 104 (96%) were taken to hospital. There were 84(78%) men and 24(22...

Suicide and suicide attempts are a major cause of death and morbidity worldwide. Suicide is generally a complication of a psychiatric disorder, but it requires additional risk factors because most psychiatric patients never attempt suicide. This review includes a hypothesized stress-diathesis model, which has implications for detection of high-risk patients and treatment interventions, and disc...

UNLABELLED The aim of our study was to provide basic epidemiological data on suicide attempts that resulted in admission to the University Clinic of Toxicology and Emergency Medicine in Skopje during a 10-year-period (1999-2008). There is a lack of published information regarding suicide attempts in the Republic of Macedonia. METHODS Participants were 1683 patients from the territory of Skopj...