Resource Tag: SLOVENIA

Background: Between 2001 and 2020, Slovenia lost 8,952 lives due to suicides, two thirds of them by hanging. Aim: To analyze trends in suicide methods between 2001 and 2020 and to explore relationships between suicide methods and selected sociodemographic characteristic. Methods: We focused on methods accounting for 95.7% of all suicides. We performed joinpoint regression to examine changes in suicide […]

Background: With an average suicide rate of 20 per 100,000 in the last decade, Slovenia is above the EU average. There are considerable regional differences in suicide mortality within the country. Aim: We aimed to investigate the relationship between selected indicators at area level and the suicide rate in Slovenian municipalities. Method: Sociodemographic, socioeconomic, and (mental) health data in the […]

Journal copy held in CSP Library.

Objective. Suicide is one of the causes of late mortality among childhoodcancer survivors. The aim of our study was to analyse the riskof suicide among childhood cancer survivors compared with that ofthe general population of Slovenia. Patients and methods. This retrospectivestudy included patients with childhood cancer registeredat the Cancer Registry of Slovenia between 1978-2008, with […]

This study evaluated an educational program for primary care physicians on the recognition & treatment of depression & suicide prevention. The study was done in 3 neighbouring Slovenian regions with similar suicide rates & other health indicators. Approximately half of the physicians in 2 of the regions invited to participate in the educational program did […]

This study examined the causes of death that contribute most to premature mortality in Slovenia, classified premature mortality according to cause of death, age, & gender, & determined the age point before which premature mortality became a potential loss to the society. Potential economic losses were estimated by use of years of potential life lost […]

This study analyzed promoter polymorphism -1019C>G in 323 suicide victims & 190 controls, all of Slovenian origin. Differences in the distributions of genotype & allele frequences were not statistically significant between suicide victims & controls, & the same was found for distributions according to gender & suicide method. For 62 suicide victims information about stressful […]

Suicide ideation & behavior, self-concept, posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, & correlations among these traits was explored in a sample of 50 Slovenian individuals permanently disabled after a motor vehicle accident. Rehabilitating patients with spinal cord injury were characterized by low total self-concept, presence of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, & suicide ideation & behaviour. Posttraumatic stress […]

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This study investigated the date of the last appointment (& complaint) of suicide victims in the Skofja Loka region of Slovenia. The study period was 1993-2003. Each case was assigned the closest control in terms of age & gender. Medical death certificates served as a source of information on demographics & suicide methods. Personal medical […]

This article discusses the incidence of suicide in Slovenia, its effects, and the need for a national strategy for suicide prevention.

This article discusses the necessary steps in developing a national suicide prevention strategy for Slovenia. The first steps were taken in 1995 but it was not until 2003 that a formal proposal for a National Committee was made and accepted. (1 ref.)

In this presentation, the speaker gives his opinions about the problem of the sense of life & the question of euthanasia. He discusses patients who want the therapist to tell them what he or she actually considers the sense of life, stating that this is a dilemma for the elderly & young alike.

The aims of this study were to identify explanatory models of suicidal behaviour & to determine possible incompatabilities between lay (general public & suicide attempters) & expert (general practitioners & psychiatrists) views. Five explanatory models were identified: personality, sociological, medical, crisis, & genetic. Significant group differences on the explanatory models were found with lay people […]

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Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”

Published in “The Suicidal Process: Challenges for Treatment and Prevention”

The authors compared trends, seasonality, weekly distribution, & methods of youth suicide with suicide in the older population, based on data from all 7942 completed suicides in Slovenia between 1985 & 1997. They found that a significant interaction was demonstrated between the long-term trend & age, but not with sex. Suicide rates were estimated to […]

Major descriptors of Slovenian suicide statistics are presented for the 13-year period ending in 1997. The purpose of the present study was to discover whether the introduction of antidepressant therapy influenced the Slovenian suicide dynamic. Collected national data on the rate of suicide & seasonal dispersion of suicide were compared with the prescription rates of […]