Resource Tag: PORTUGAL

Suicide notes are an important warning sign for suicidal behaviors. The aim of this exploratory research is (a) to contribute to understanding the place of suicide notes in the spectrum of suicidal behaviors in Portugal, and (b) to analyze the content remembered by individuals regarding a suicide note. Two complementary studies were carried out. In […]

International studies and the World Health Organization call for collaboration between media and mental health professionals to reduce the risk of imitative suicidal behaviour after suicide reporting – known as the Werther effect – and encourage individuals at risk to seek help. This study explores Portuguese psychiatrists’ perceptions of the practices of journalists, their interaction […]

Intimate partner homicide (IPH) is a tragic event. Studies involving the comparison between IPH and intimate partner homicide-suicide (IPH-S) are scarce, with few studies in Portugal about this issue. The current study aims to compare IPH and IPH-S perpetrators, the victim–perpetrator relationships dynamics, and homicide circumstances. The data was collected through the analysis of 78 […]

Many international studies describe a relation between prominent and sensational suicide reporting and subsequent rises in suicide rates – the Werther effect –, especially when involving celebrities, but that relation has never been investigated in Portugal. In this article, we intend to examine whether there were increases in suicides in Portugal in the 3 and […]

Objectives: This study tested the mediation effects of two facets of psychache – bearable and unbearable – in the relationship between exposure to suicide in the family and suicidal ideation in Portugal during the Covid-19 pandemic. Methods: Two hundred and forty-four adults aged between 19 and 64 participated. Two groups were defined: one exposed to suicide in […]

This article aims to understand the construction and repercussion of taboos involving suicides among children and adolescents, considering the discomfort, silence, and dread that the theme causes across society. Due to the recognition of a continuum of taboos (taboo of death < taboo of suicide < taboo of child suicide), the authors present, as an […]

Background: Police officers, as first responders to difficult situations with ready access to firearms, are frequently considered to be at increased suicide risk. Aims: We aimed to calculate the suicide rate for male officers of the Portuguese National Police (PSP) and compare it with the Portuguese general population. Method: Retrospective review of the PSP male officers’ suicides between 2005 and […]

The present study aims to identify psychological predictors of suicidal ideation in university students. We collected a sample of 366 participants, representing a population of 7102 students from a university in northern Portugal (95% CI). Both in the whole sample and in the intra-gender analysis, students with suicidal ideation revealed higher levels of depressive symptoms, […]

The present study examined whether distress mediates the relationship between suicidality and the personality predispositions of Self-Criticism, Dependency/Neediness, and Efficacy. A community sample of Portuguese young adults (N = 105) completed, in a counterbalanced order, a sociodemographic questionnaire, the Depressive Experiences Questionnaire (DEQ), the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI), and reports of any suicide attempts and/or […]

This study characterized expressed emotion in families of individuals with parasuicidal behaviour & examined the significant relationships between expressed emotion, coping, depression, self-concept, & parasuicidal behaviours. The sample consisted of 67 subjects divided into 2 groups & followed up for 9 months. Group 1 included 34 parasuicides & Group 2 was 33 matched controls. Parasuicides […]

This study described characteristic clinical features of Portuguese adolescents with deliberate self-harm. A case-control study was constructed from a sample of 100 adolescents, aged 12-21 years. 98 subjects completed the protocol. The deliberate self-harm group was associated with the following characteristics: suicide ideation or suicidal behaviour as consultation motive; emergency room referral; previous follow-up attempts; […]

This study examines whether eating disorder patients with suicide attempts present differences in disordered eating & clinical traits compared to those without suicide attempts. A total of 144 female Portuguese patients with eating disorders completed questionnaires. Eating disorder patients with suicide attempts differed from their peers regarding weight history, having a more chaotic pattern of […]

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In order to investigate the reasons for a decrease in male suicide rates over the past few years in Portugal, suicide rates were compared with controversial cases & with homicide rates. The results show that, since 1980 & coinciding with the use of ICD-9, controversial cases have increased 12 & 21 times among males & […]

Contents include: a review of the efforts of Befrienders International from Apr. 1997 – Mar. 1998, future priorities, trustees report for the year ending 31 Mar. 1998, and the Auditor’s report for the year ending 31 Mar. 1998.

An analysis of regional & temporal covaration of suicide rates & indicators of alcohol use & abuse in Portugal is reported. In a time series analysis, a positive relationship was found. An increase in per capita alcohol consumption of 1 litre is accompanied by a simultaneous increase in the male suicide rate of 1.9%. In […]

The author discusses the present situation of suicide prevention services in Portugal & the unwillingness of the Portuguese Health Department to create a suicide prevention centre. She states that the suicide rate has remained steady only because there has been considerable underreporting of the number of suicides since 1980. She urges IASP & Euro-WHO members […]

Reports 2 cases of suicide by related kidney donors following graft rejection & the recipients’ death. In one case, a 51-yr-old man donated a kidney to his brother & in the other, a 48 yr-old-man donated a kidney to his son. Concludes that psychiatric screening of the donor before transplantation is necessary. A psychiatric evaluation […]

This study examines the relationship between murderers & homicide victims, & between murderers & suicide victims in Portugal. Correlations were found between age group, marital status & occupation of murderers & homicide victims. Murderers & suicide victims were only correlated by occupation. The authors assert the correlation between murderers & suicide victims can be explained […]

Parallels are shown btwn progress towards female (F) independ. & inc. in F suicide & dec. in M/F suicide ratio. High rates occur among professional Fs in urban areas with significant correlations btwn suicide & deaths by cirrhosis. It is concluded that alcoholism often leads to suicide; in Fs taboos about alcoholism & suicide explain […]

This is a summary of a Portuguese study which analyzed suicide rates by sex, age, marital & parental status, & profession (1955-85) & suicide & cirrhosis rates by sex & profession (1980-85) to determine if increasing female autonomy has influenced the relationship between male & female suicide rates. Results indicate that the female suicide rate […]

This study analyses whether the increase in suicides corresponds to a decrease in homicides & vice versa. Rates of suicide & homicide from 1970-1982 are analysed, & age & sex groups are compared. There is no inverse variation between suicides & homicides either globally or for males & females. There is a difference in age […]

Suicide rates for both sexes in Portugal & the district & city of Lisbon, from 1950-68, 1969-83 & over the 1950’s, 60’s, 70’s & 1980-83, were related to several variables. Since 1977, Female rates have risen significantly in Portugal & the Lisbon district, both in total & in professionally active age groups, unmarried & married […]