abstract background: since suicide attempt among adolescents is a major challenge and the reasons why this age group attempt suicide are complex, the aim of this study was to investigate the risk factors that contribute to suicide attempt among adolescents. materials and methods: in this qualitative content analysis, 14 adolescents (12–19 years old) who were admitted in two hospitals in shiraz,...

In India, suicide research has largely concentrated on the prevalence, method, psychological, and demographic risk factors. Suicide processes, paradigms, prevention strategies, other features of that are common in West may not be applicable India. It is vital to study potential underlying various methods, general, as well what more work done Indian context. Suicide, hand, a cross-sectoral publi...

These guidelines review what is known about the epidemiology, causes, management, and prevention of suicide and attempted suicide in young people. Detailed guidelines are provided concerning the assessment and emergency management of the children and adolescents who present with suicidal behavior. The guidelines also present suggestions on how the clinician may interface with the community. Cri...

background: one of the important aspects of the epidemiologic study of suicide and its related behaviors is the identification of suicide methods. this study aimed to investigate the geographical epidemiology of common methods of suicide and suicide attempts in fars province located in southwestern iran during the years 2010-2013. materials and methods: the present study was conducted on 17,342...

This review analyzes a body of research conducted by Lester and his colleagues in the last ten years on the effects of limiting access to lethal methods for suicide and for homicide. Results provide evidence that limiting access to a preferred method of committing suicide and homicide has a preventive effect, more clearly so for suicide than for homicide. However, there was also evidence that s...

BACKGROUND Lithuania currently has the highest suicide rate in Europe and the fifth highest worldwide. AIMS To identify the factors that influence the suicide intervention skills of emergency medical services (EMS) providers (doctors, nurses, paramedics). METHOD Two hundred and sixty-eight EMS providers participated in the research. The EMS providers were surveyed both prior to their traini...

OBJECTIVE Suicide remains a serious, preventable public health problem. This study aims to describe the epidemiological characteristics associated with various suicide methods and to investigate outcomes after suicide-associated sudden cardiac arrest (S-SCA), stratified by different suicide attempt methods. METHODS An S-SCA database was constructed from ambulance run sheets and augmented by a...

BACKGROUND After an epidemic rise in Australian young male suicide rates over the 1970s to 1990s, the period following the implementation of the original National Youth Suicide Prevention Strategy (NYSPS) in 1995 saw substantial declines in suicide in young men. AIMS To investigate whether areas with locally targeted suicide prevention activity implemented after 1995 experienced lower rates o...