Suicide Attempts in Turkey: Results of the WHO—EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour

Devrimci-Özgüven, Halise; Sayil, Işık

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“…Su i ci de in that co untry constitute the ight most comman re a son for de aths. 20 Accor ding to our study, only one case died in spi te of 27 at tempts for com mit ting su i ci de. Alt ho ugh 57.6% of our events be long to the age gro up of 15-24, the ra ti o of un suc cess ful at tempts in that gro up is high for both gen ders (98.4%).…”

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confidence: 55%

Characteristics of Suicides Cases in Batman, South East of Turkey

Al¹,

Orak²,

Üstündağ³

et al. 2010

Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci

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A AB BS S T TR RA AC CT T O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : The ob jec ti ve in this pros pec ti ve study is to eva lu a te the fre qu ency, mor tality and de mog rap hic pro per ti es of su i ci des in our pro vin ce (Bat man City, Tur key). M Ma a t te e r ri i a al l a an nd d M Me et t h ho od ds s: : All ca ses of su i ci des who ad mit ted to the emer gency de part ment of the Bat man Sta te Hospi tal bet we en Ap ril 2005 and No vem ber 2007 we re inc lu ded in the study. Pa ti ents' gen der, age, his tory, edu ca ti onal and mar ti al sta tus, ti me and met hod pre fer red for su i ci de, su i ci de ca u ses and mor ta lity ra te we re re por ted. The re sults we re dis cus sed with si mi lar stu di es in li te ra tu re. R Re e s su ul lt ts s: : The re we re 328 (0.2%) su i ci de ca ses among 146.000 pa ti ents who ad mit ted to our emer gency depart ment. Of the su i ci de ca ses, 75.9% we re fe ma les and 24.1% we re ma les. The me an age of ca ses was 23.5 ± 7.4 ye ars. The su i ci de ma de a pe ak bet we en the ages of 15 and 24. The ma jo rity of ca ses at temp ted su i ci de by ta king drugs orally (93.0%). An ti dep res sants we re the most com mon agents (74.4%) among the drugs in cri mi na ted in su i ci de. The ma jo rity of ca ses at temp ted su i ci de du e to family prob lems (39.2%). Ni ne te en pa ti ents we re ta ken to in ten si ve ca re unit (ICU). Or ga nop hospha tes and han ging for su i ci de at tempts we re the ma in ca u se of su i ci de in the pa ti ents who ad mit ted to ICU. The ma jo rity of de aths oc cur red du e to han ging (91.7%). The mor ta lity ra te for all pa ti ents was 3.7 %. C Co on nc c l lu u s si i o on n: : In our study the the most common method for su i ci de at tempt was drugs. Martality was most frequent with hanging. Fe ma les at temp ted su i ci de mo re fre qu ently. The su i cide ma de a pe ak bet we en the ages of 15 and 24. The ma jo rity of ca ses at temp ted su i ci de du e to family prob lems K Ke ey y W Wo or rd ds s: : Su i ci de; in ten si ve ca re units Ö ÖZ ZE ET T A Am ma aç ç: : Has ta ne mer kez li ger çek leş ti ri len bu pros pek tif ça lış ma da ki ama cı mız, şeh ri miz de (Bat man ili, Tür ki ye) mey da na ge len in ti har la rın sık lı ğı nı, ölüm oran la rı nı ve de mog ra fik özel likle ri ni de ğer len dir mek tir. G Ge e r re eç ç v ve e Y Yö ön n t te em m l le er r: : Ni san 2005 ve Ka sım 2007 ta rih le ri ara sın da Bat man Dev let Has ta ne si Acil Ser vi si' ne baş vu ran tüm in ti har va ka la rı bu ça lış ma ya dâhil edil di. Has ta ların cin si yet le ri, yaş la rı, öz geç miş le ri, eği tim ve me de ni du rum la rı, in ti ha ra baş vu ru za ma nı ve inti har için ter cih edi len yön tem, in ti har se bep le ri ve mey da na ge len ölüm oran la rı ka yıt edil di. So nuç lar li te ra tür de ki ben zer ça lış ma lar la tar tı şıl dı. B Bu ul l g gu u l la ar r: : Acil ser vi si mi ze baş vu ran 146.000 has ta için de 328 (%0.2) in ti har va ka sı var dı. İnti har va ka la rı nın %75.9'u (n= 249) ka dın, %24.1'ı (n= 79) ise er ...

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 55%

Characteristics of Suicides Cases in Batman, South East of Turkey

Al¹,

Orak²,

Üstündağ³

et al. 2010

Turkiye Klinikleri J Med Sci

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“…The prevalence of suicide attempts reported for children and adolescents was 1.93% in Mersin (southern Turkey) 17 . The mean annual rate of suicide attempts per 100,000 was 47 for men and 113 for women in Ankara (central eastern Turkey) 18 and 31.5 in Trabzon (northern Turkey) 19 . This difference may be due to cultural and economic differences among the different regions of Turkey.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Emergency Room Visits for Suicide Attempts: Rates, Trends and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Suicide Attempts in Northeastern Anatolia

Eroğlu¹,

Yıldırım²,

Uzkeser³

et al. 2014

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bülteni-Bulletin of Clinical Psychophar

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“…Ancak bu oranın tüm intihar girişimleri resmi olarak bildirilmediği düşünüldüğünde daha yüksek olduğu kabul edilebilir (9,10). Türkiye'de son yıllarda intihar girişim oranının giderek artış gösterdiği bilinmektedir (11,12).…”

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Acil Servise İntihar Girişimi Nedeniyle Başvuran Olguların İncelenmesi

Keten¹,

Hakkoymaz²,

Aslan³

et al. 2015

J Contemp Med

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Results: Among the 70 patients included in the study, 26 (37.1%) were male and 44 (62.9%) were female with a mean age of 26.3±11.2 years. Of all, 10 (14.3%) cases were reported to have one or more previous suicide attempts. Investigation of methods of suicide revealed that 64 (91.4%) used medication or toxic substance ingestion, 5 (7.1%) stabbing, and 1 (1.4%) preferred hanging as suicide method. All of those of preferred stabbing as a means of suicide were males.Conclusion: In order to tackle suicidal attempts author suggests that collective preventive policies should be developed by local governments, nongovernmental organizations and health care providers.

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Suicide Attempts in Turkey: Results of the WHO—EURO Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour

Cited by 50 publications

References 14 publications

Characteristics of Suicides Cases in Batman, South East of Turkey

Characteristics of Suicides Cases in Batman, South East of Turkey

Emergency Room Visits for Suicide Attempts: Rates, Trends and Sociodemographic Characteristics of Suicide Attempts in Northeastern Anatolia

Acil Servise İntihar Girişimi Nedeniyle Başvuran Olguların İncelenmesi

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