Avrupa'da İntihar Girişimlerinin Epidemiyolojisi

Volume: 9 Number: 1 March 1, 2001
  • Bille Braheunni
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Avrupa'da İntihar Girişimlerinin Epidemiyolojisi

Abstract

During recent decades, non-fatal suicidal behaviour has become a problem of increasing concern in mostcountries. Contrary to fatal suicidal acts that most westem countries have been registering for more than 100 years, no country can provide national statistics on suicide attempts. For this reason, the European Regional Office of the World Health Organisation initiated an inter-European study on suicide attempts in the mid-1980's. "The WHO/Euro Multicentre Study on Suicidal Behaviour". There are two parts of the study: The Monitoring Part and The Repetition Prediction Study. The Monitoring study started in 1989. Originally, 16 centres participated, butdue to lack of national funding some had to leave the study. On the other hand, new centres have wanted to take part, and as of today, 24 centres are included in the monitoring part of the project. During the period of 1989-1992, 22.655 episodes of attempted suicide were reported, and age-standardised average rates per 100.000 in Europe were estimated to 136/100.000 for males and 186/100.000 for females. The highest age-specific rates for men were found among the 25-34 year-olds and for vvomen among the 15-24 year-olds. There was a decrease during the period in the total rates of about 17% for men and 14% fo women. Most centres are, hovvever, expressing vvorries conceming markedly increasing frequencies of suicide attempts among the young girls. İn general the far most common method is self-poisoning, usually with overdoses of medicine. There is a tendency tovvards men choosing more violent or determinant methods than vvomen.

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Turkish

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Bille Braheunni This is me

Publication Date

March 1, 2001

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March 1, 2001

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Year 1970 Volume: 9 Number: 1

APA
Braheunni, B. (2001). THE EPİDEMIOLOGY OF SUICIDE ATTEMPTS İN EUROPE. Kriz Dergisi, 9(1), 19-32. https://doi.org/10.1501/Kriz_0000000167