The Iraqi national study of suicide: Report on suicide data in Iraq in 2015 and 2016

Abbas, Mohammed; Al-Hemiary, Nesif J.; Razaq, Emad Abdul; Naosh, Shakir; Appleby, Louis

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2017.12.037

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“…The overview of suicide methods of WHO revealed that regional differences in the methods of suicide exist rather than between-country differences (22). In the EMR countries, people mostly hang themselves, 56% in Saudi Arabia (23), 48% in Turkey (24), 41% in Iraq (25), and over 50% in Iran (12). In addition, Asian women rather completed suicide by hanging and by pesticide poisoning (26).…”

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Profile of Fatal Suicide in Iran: A Report From the Iranian Forensic Medicine Between 2016 and 2018

Mahdavi¹,

Rezaeian²,

Rostami³

2020

ACTA

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The suicide rate among the Iranian population has increased over the past few decades. Descriptive information about this public health challenge could inform health policymakers to prioritize prevention strategies. We described the last updated data from the Iranian forensic medicine between 2016 and 2018. We obtained the data on the fatal suicide cases from the national suicide registry of the Iranian Forensic Medicine Organization (FMO), validated by death certificates and harmonized for epidemiologic studies. This study included 9,021 nationally registered suicide deaths from March 21, 2016, to March 20, 2018. A descriptive statistical approach was used to present the findings. Of 9,021 registered suicide deaths with age range between 10 to 94 years [median=31], 44.6% [n=4,015] was in the category of ≤ 29, 48.0% [n=4,328] between 30 to 59, and 7.4% (n=666) in the category of ≥ 60 years old. The percentage of fatal suicide was obviously higher in men (71.2%, n=6,424). Hanging was the most common method of suicide, both among men (57.7%, n=3706) and women (37.6%, n=976). The frequency of fatal suicide was significantly higher in married than single cases (52.6% vs. 42.9%). Overall, at the national level, the most common suicide method was hanging (51.9%), followed by self-poisoning (25.8%) and self-immolation (6.8%). We found evidence of age- and gender differences in suicide mortality across the country. Men, people in younger age groups, and married couples could be considered as the target population for preventive interventions in Iran.

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Section: Suicide Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Profile of Fatal Suicide in Iran: A Report From the Iranian Forensic Medicine Between 2016 and 2018

Mahdavi¹,

Rezaeian²,

Rostami³

2020

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“…6. The systematic gathering of data on suicide was a first step in developing a suicide prevention strategy that was launched in 2017 (Abbas et al 2018) and will be described in more details in a separate section. ber 8-10, 2008).…”

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“…To learn from those deaths may open possibilities of hope for others. The Iraq National Study of Suicide, 2015-2016 (Abbas et al 2018), provides an important benchmark by which ongoing efforts can be measured and evaluated. Suicide is perhaps the ultimate metric of psychological distress, mental well-being, or lack thereof.…”

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Reconstructing Post-Conflict Iraq: Focus on Mental Health

Al-Uzri

Dyer

2020

Innovations in Global Mental Health

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Wars are not only crude means of attempting to resolving political conflicts, they also cause severe disruption to the lives of individuals, families, communities, and nations with loss of life, physical and emotional injury, and loss of livelihood and displacement. This chapter takes a close look at the toll of such trauma and some of the ways of promoting healing and resilience. The authors draw on their diverse experiences as clinicians and educators who have worked in a number of conflict areas, particularly Iraq. Practical and personal applications are examined for health/mental health strategies that may have implications for national/local, and community health planning. In particular, the experience of reconstructing statutory mental health services in Iraq through number of international collaborations. Implications for other conflict situations are drawn.

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“…According to the Iraq national study of suicide, suicide rates in Iraq are lower than the rest of the world with almost equal male to female ratio and using self-burn as a method came in third as the most commonly used method (after hanging and fire arms) and most commonly affected age groups were the young (below 29 years old) (18) Aims of the study:…”

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Self-Inflicted Burn as a Method for Suicide at Al- Dewanyea City, Is It a Common Method and What Are the Characteristics of the Victims?

Albermany¹

2019

ATMPH

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Suicide is a very stigmatising condition in Iraq and perceived stigma by the public make recorded data about the subject far from accurate. So researching this interesting phenomenon remains a very important step in evaluating its impact on society in general. The aims of the study were. To compare between numbers of victims of self-inflicted burn with the official police suicide statistics that is recorded each month in the city and to identify the socio-demographic characteristics of the patients in addition to their past psychiatric history.During the year 2018 any patient admitted to the burn centre at al Dewanyea with a suspicion that his/her burn was self-inflicted was asked permission of interview by the researcher. The patients answered questions regarding their socio-demographic profile and motives and were asked if they had previous history of any psychiatric condition.A total of 34 patients admitted of burning themselves during that year while the official police records showed only 6 patients killed themselves using this method in the same time period. More than 88% of the patients had no previous attempt, only 6 patients were known psychiatric patients and in all the cases there was no plan. Half of the sample was of the 20-40 years' age group, females were slightly over represented (about 55% of the sample) and most of the males were single. About 55% of the sample were un employed and 44% of them were illiterate. Only 2 patients survived the burns eventually. Family problems were the most common precipitative factor (in more than 91% of the cases). There is poor registration of suicide numbers using self-burning at al Dewanyea city. Most of the cases had no previous attempts and had no history of mental illness and in all the cases the act was impulsive with no previous plan.Those who burn themselves are most commonly young, illiterate and unemployed.Men were mostly single while women were more commonly married. There was high mortality rate in the sample.

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The Iraqi national study of suicide: Report on suicide data in Iraq in 2015 and 2016

Cited by 41 publications

References 30 publications

Profile of Fatal Suicide in Iran: A Report From the Iranian Forensic Medicine Between 2016 and 2018

Profile of Fatal Suicide in Iran: A Report From the Iranian Forensic Medicine Between 2016 and 2018

Reconstructing Post-Conflict Iraq: Focus on Mental Health

Self-Inflicted Burn as a Method for Suicide at Al- Dewanyea City, Is It a Common Method and What Are the Characteristics of the Victims?

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