Resource Tag: IRAN

Somatic symptoms, especially pain, have a significant weight in the chief complaints of depressed patients. Physicians need to pay particular attention to this important issue in order to better understand these patients. Contact us for a copy of this article, or view online at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3642941/

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Although the rate of suicide is low in Muslim countries, there is evidence that it is increasing. An integrated analysis was made of data on suicide attempts (nonfatal and fatal) from studies carried out in the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1981 to 2007. Of 54 published studies concerning suicide, 48 (covering 26 768 cases […]

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Data are lacking about the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and suicidal behaviour in incarcerated adolescents in Asia. This cross-sectional study evaluated the prevalence of psychiatric disorders and the prediction of suicidal attempts in 100 incarcerated males aged 12Ð19 years in Shiraz. Data were collected in face-to-face interview using the Kiddie Schedule for Affective Disorders and […]

Background: There are few diverse studies that have reported the case fatality rates of different methods of suicide, none of them are originated from developing countries. The aim of the present article is to report the case fatality rates of different methods of suicide in Ilam province of Iran. Materials and Methods: Data on 611 […]

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Aim of study ws to determine relationship between mental health and women’s tendency in sardasht to suicide. Method was descriptive and correlation.Pearson’s correlation test was used for data analysis. Results showed a significant relation between mental health and tendency to suicide.

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This study examined whether the IL-10 -1082, IFN-gamma +874, & TNF-alpha -308 polymorphisms were associated with suicidal behviour. 145 patients with suicidal behaviour & 160 controls were genotyped using the ASO-PCR method. TNF-alpha -308 G/G genotype was increased in males who died by suicide versus control group subjects. IL-10 -1082 A/A genotype was higher in […]

This study was designed to establish the role played by drugs in suicides among adolescents & young adults in Gorgan in northern Iran. A descriptive sutdy included all acutely poisoned patients referred to the emergency department over a 1-year period. Data was gathered using a questionnaire completed at the time of admission. Findings showed that […]

The underlying hypothosis of this study was suicide attempters tend to retrieve overgeneral autobiographical memories, with a considerable latency. 2 cognitive measures were used to assess 20 Iranian patients who had attempted suicide & who met DSM-IV criteria for depression. Results showed suicide attempters produced more overgeneral memories & responded more slowly to positive than […]

A cross-sectional study was conducted of students admitted to hospital because of self-poisoning. Variables studied included age, gender, substance abuse, personal history, familial history, & the immediate precipitant for the suicide attempt. A total of 248 students were studied. The mean age was 16.3 years. Self-poisoning with a pharmaceutical agent was the most common method. […]

This study evaluated some variables related to suicide & compared these variables between people who attempted suicide & those who died by suicide during 1992-2005 in Ilam province, Iran. Through retrospective study, all data related to 2,854 people who died by suicide were investigated in detail. Among 2,845 suicide records, 61.6% were female & the […]

The characteristics of suicide by burning in Tehran were analyzed using data from 2002-2006. 374 cases were identified. The group at highest risk was young females. 65 of the victims died at the scene of the incident. The location of the suicide was home for all female victims & 75.4% of male victims. 61% of […]

This instrumental study examined gender differences of school anger components & its prediction for suicidal behaviour. 1418 high school students were selected through stratified random sampling in Shiraz. Girls experienced anger more than boys but hostility was higher in boys. There was no gender difference regarding positive coping expression of anger or destructive coping expression. […]

A cross-sectional study assessed the prevalence of suicide ideation, attempts, & associated factors in Mahan & Bardsir cities, Iran. 860 subjects, age 15 & older, were selected as the non-attempter group & 58 hospital cases admitted due to suicide attempts were selected as the attempter group. The prevalence of suicide ideation was 10% in total: […]

1329 Iranian soldiers were randomly selected from the Infantry Forces in different regions & all were requested to complete the Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation & the General Health Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using correlation tests. Results revealed psychological factors, negative family background, environmental & task-related problems, & sociodemographic problems were significantly associated with suicide […]

This study describes patterns in suicide methods in Hamadan, western Iran. All 146 suicide cases from March 2004-March 2005 were included. The prevalence of suicide was 8.3 per 100,000 population. The male-to-female ratio was 7.1:1. The average age of cases was 33.9 years. Across all age groups, males had consistently higher rates of suicide than […]

1000 households in Iranian Kurdisan participated in a cross-sectional study that took place from April-May 2006. Participants were selected by a cluster random sampling process. A questionnaire on attitudes toward suicide was used to measure suicide-related attitudes & thoughts. Suicide-related experiences were more often reported from the wider social network than from family members. There […]

A cross-sectional study with a random sample of 1000 adult Iranian Kurds examined attitudes toward suicide. Iranian Kurds reported very few suicide attempts whereas the prevalence of reported suicidal thoughts was found to be very high. The reported frequency of suicidal thoughts & the number of suicide attempts during the last year was significantly higher […]