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Title: | Characteristics of suicidal behavior in a Turkish sample | Authors: | Özdel, Osman İsmail Varma, Gülfizar Atesci, Feride C. Oğuzhanoğlu, Nalan Kalkan Karadag, Filiz Amuk, T. |
Keywords: | Hopelessness Psychopathology Sociodemographic factors Suicide attempts Suicide intent adolescent adult article cross-sectional study emergency health service ethnic group ethnology female human intoxication life event male mental disease motivation psychological aspect recurrent disease religion socioeconomics statistics suicide attempt Turkey (republic) university hospital Adolescent Adult Cross-Sectional Studies Emergency Service, Hospital Ethnic Groups Female Hospitals, University Humans Islam Life Change Events Male Mental Disorders Motivation Poisoning Recurrence Religion and Psychology Socioeconomic Factors Suicide, Attempted Turkey Young Adult |
Abstract: | Background: Suicidal behavior is one of the most important problems in psychiatric clinics. Several sociodemographic anclinical characteristics may have different effects on suicidal behavior. Aims: To examine the sociodemographic and clinical characteristic: of a sample of 144 suicide attempters admitted to a Turkish emergency clinic for a suicide attempt. Methods: All subjects were interviewee by a consultant psychiatrist. For all individuals, data on DSM-IV psychiatric diagnoses, sociodemo graphic data, Beck's Hopelessnes:Scale (BHS), Becks's Suicidal Ideation Scale (SIS), and Beck's Suicidal Intention Scale (BSIS) were collected. Results: The majority osuicide attempters were females characterized by low educational status and low religious orientation. Drug overdose was the mos common method of suicide attempt and conflict within the family was the most frequent psychological stress factor. Three-quarters o attempters (74.6%) met DSM-IV criteria for at least one psychiatric diagnosis. Of these, 28.5% met criteria for major depressive disorder Suicide attempters with depression tended to be immigrant, urban dwellers with high scores on the suicide intent scale. Conclusions: In the present study, the findings are useful in showing the risk factors related to suicidal behavior. ©2009 Hogrefe & Huber Publishers. | URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/11499/6746 https://doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910.30.2.90 |
ISSN: | 0227-5910 |
Appears in Collections: | PubMed İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / PubMed Indexed Publications Collection Scopus İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / Scopus Indexed Publications Collection Tıp Fakültesi Koleksiyonu WoS İndeksli Yayınlar Koleksiyonu / WoS Indexed Publications Collection |
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