Resource Tag: POLAND

Evaluated is the crisis centre telephone service located at a psychiatric hospital, staffed by psychiatrists & psychologists. Call records on 2 randomly selected days per month were analyzed during 1968-84. Content of the calls, averaging 18 per day, included love, psychiatric problems, interpersonal conflicts, alcoholism, existential questions, & suicide. Most involved females up to age […]

A sample of 116 callers who phoned a crisis centre in Ljubljna, Poland, were asked to complete a questionanaire evaluating telephone service volunteers. 55% returned the questionnaire, 70% of whom had completed it as requested. The questionnaire is described. An analysis of the callers’ answers indicated that expectations & accomplishments were matched(91%). 64% thought that […]

Analyzed is the cause of mortality (particularily suicide) among people with affective disorders. Data was obtained by questionnaires, the psychological autopsy method, & hospital & official records on 451 patients treated at a psychiatric clinic. 67% died of somatic disease; 37.3% committed suicide. NBB

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Letter to the Editor

76 minors, under 18, who committed suicide during the years 1960-1974 were examined. The authors report the methods used to commit suicide and the major motives. More than half hanged themselves. Personal problems, illness & family conflicts were the principal motives. Prior suicide attempts were made in 13 cases & in 10 others oral declarations […]

Discusses the problem of suicide with regard to criminology. A definition of suicide as a direct trial of self-destruction is proposed. The dynamics of suicides in Poland & detailed analysis of the structure and the dynamics of suicides in the Cracow is presented. The sex, age, education, state of physical health, motivation, association of alcohol […]