Evaluation of Suicide Attempters in General Hospital

Volume: 13 Number: 2 June 1, 2005
  • Nesrin Dilbaz
  • B. Şengül C.
  • K. Çetin M.
  • C. Şengül
  • T. Okay
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Evaluation of Suicide Attempters in General Hospital

Abstract

Objective:Gender differences, age groupsand methods in suicide attempts were investigated in a sample of 2775 patients. Method:The registrations of the emergency departmentof the general hospital during years 2002 and2003 were investigated retrospectively.Results: The female attempted suicide rates(68.5%) were higher than the male suicideattempt rates ( 31.5%). On average the rates forfemales were 2 times higher then those for men.The female suicide attempters showed suicideattempts at a much younger age than the males.Methods used in suicide attempts are mostly"non-violent". 94.9% of the patients used selfpoisoning with prescribed or non-prescribedmedicines, pesticids, herbicides or other toxicagricultural chemicals. Conclusion: Femalesare more vulnerable than males for attemptingsuicide. There is a need for better nationwidecontinous registration of attempted suicide andrelated socio-economic condition as well aspsychiatric morbidity

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Turkish

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Authors

Nesrin Dilbaz This is me

B. Şengül C. This is me

K. Çetin M. This is me

C. Şengül This is me

T. Okay This is me

Publication Date

June 1, 2005

Submission Date

June 1, 2005

Acceptance Date

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Published in Issue

Year 2005 Volume: 13 Number: 2

APA
Dilbaz, N., Şengül C., B., Çetin M., K., Şengül, C., & Okay, T. (2005). Genel Bir Hastanede İntihar Girşimlerinin Değerlendirilmesi. Kriz Dergisi, 13(2), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000223