Today, suicides which are an increasing
trend in many countries and especially in young
population considered as a global problem.
Statistics indicates that suicides increased
around 60% in last 45 years. Within this facet
shows that suicides occupy our agenda more;
consequently it indicates that importance of the
preventive efforts will improve. Suicide itself and
its prevention is a complex phenomenon and
various problems occur in its constitution. Some
of the problems related to the suicides covers as
lack of national prevention program, concentration
on treatment, myths and labeling, discrepancies
in terminology, insufficient recording,difficulties to reach the mental health services,
and news that give fair to the suicide and incentives
role of media. Before all else, efforts to aim
to prevent the suicide in Turkey which are conducted
as loose and disordered must be undertaken
within the framework of a program.
Besides, giving importance to the primary prevention
and it must be integrated with secondary
and tertiary prevention efforts.
Other ID | JA34SZ93NF |
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Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | June 1, 2009 |
Submission Date | June 1, 2009 |
Published in Issue | Year 2009 Volume: 17 Issue: 2 |