Tentativas de suicídio e suicídio em município de cultura pomerana no interior do estado do Espírito Santo

Suicídios e tentativas de suicídios por intoxicação exógena no Rio de Janeiro: análise dos dados dos sistemas oficiais de informação em saúde, 2006-2008*

“…The use of different types of products and substances in suicide attempts and suicides has been previously reported in other national studies 2,4,13 . There is a great difficulty in comparing the frequencies of exogenous intoxications as means for suicide attempts and suicides, due to the methodological diversity used in national and international studies conducted on such theme.…”

“…However, there was an increase of 29.5% between 1980 and 2006. Exogenous intoxication is one of the three main means used in suicides and suicide attempts and intoxication occurred in approximately 70% of cases [2][3][4][5] . National and international studies showed that the main substances used in these events are pesticides, which varied between 60% and 90%, mainly in developing countries, whereas medications ranged between 12% and 60% and were more frequent in developed countries 3,[5][6][7][8][9][10] .…”

Early maladaptive schemas in hospitalized patients for suicide attempt

“…It is expected that more women try suicide than men, and usually men are more effective in obtaining result (Ferreira & Trichês, 2014;WHO, 2014). The ages of clinical sample with suicide attempts in this research ranged from 32 to 58 years, agreeing with other epidemiological studies that showed ages between 20 to 39 years (Souza et al, 2011) and 25 to 35 years (Macente, Santos, & Zandonade, 2009) as the most common ages for suicide attempts.…”

Caracterização de tentativas de suicídios por substâncias exógenas

“…A taxa média de tentativa de suicídio por intoxicações exógenas no período estudado de 27,3 tentativas/ano pode ser considerada alta, levando-se em conta que foram avaliadas somente as tentativas de suicídio por agentes tóxicos, os quais, geralmente, constituem a terceira causa de suicídio no Brasil. Em outros municípios brasileiros, foram encontradas taxas médias de tentativa de suicídio de 3,45 e 11,4 por 100.000 habitantes, considerando todos os métodos de tentativas de suicídios nos municípios de Jequié (Bahia) 19 e de Santa Maria de Jetibá (Espírito Santo) 20 , respectivamente. Estudo realizado em países europeus relata que as taxas médias de tentativa de suicídio por vários métodos entre idosos chegaram a 61,4/100.000 habitantes 21 .…”