Resource Tag: TURKEY

This study compared the lay theories of suicide held by Turkish & American respondents. Measures of attitudes toward suicide & of personality variables were administered to 330 Turkish undergraduates & 419 American undergraduates. Turkish students saw interpersonal factors as less important & societal factors as more important in causing suicide as compared to the American […]

151 suicide attempt cases monitored & treated at a training hospital’s internal medicine clinic in 2003 were retrospectively evaluated. 59.6% of subjects were male, 70.2% were single, 60.3% were retired or unemployed, 51.75% were privates (non-professional soldiers), & 36.4% were high school graduates. No diagnosis was made in 54.3% of cases while 25.2% had a […]

Factors affecting suicidal ideas in 120 Turkish patients with schizophrenia were evaluated in terms of socio-demographic & clinical properties. All patients were evaluated with a number of questionnaires, including the Reasons for Living Inventory, the Calgary Depression Scale for Schizophrenia, & the Positive & Negative Syndromes Scale. 31.6% of the patients had suicide ideation. Negative […]

300 Turkish patients with a diagnosis of schizophrenia were studied. The sample was divided into 2 groups on the presence or absence of lifetime suicide attempts. Subjects who had & had not attempted suicide did not differ with respect to demographic variables. The suicide attempters tended to be younger at the age of onset, had […]

This research examined the relationship between suicide attempts & self-care agency in individuals who did not present with any mental problems, depression or psychiatric diagnosis, using a case comparison group. The framework of the study consisted of 33 hospitalised individuals & 33 people accoompanying them. The sample group included 31 cases & a control group […]

Cases of homicide-suicide occurring between 2000-2007 in Konya, Turkey were retrospectively investigated. During the study period, there were 10 cases identified with 10 perpetrators killing 12 victims. Nine of the perpetrators were men & 8 of the victims were women. The precipitating motive was an impending divorce in 4 of the cases. Two perpetrators were […]

The sociodemographic & clinical characteristics of 144 suicide attempters admitted to a Turkish emergency clinic were examined. All patients were interviewed by a consultant psychiatrist. The majority of suicide attempters were females, characterised by low educational status & low religious orientation. Drug overdose was the most common method of attempt & conflict within the family […]

This study examined autopsy findings from suicides in Ankara, Turkey in which firearms were used. Results were compared to those from other studies. 115 cases were male, the ratio of male to female suicides was 5:1 & the mean age was 31.96 years. 40 cases were between 12 & 20 years of age. Gunshot-related crimes […]

This study investigated some features of suicides in the Trakya region of Turkey. During the 21-year period, January 1984-September 2004, there were 137 suicides autopsied. Suicides comprised 16.1% of all forensic autopsies. 27% of cases were between 21 & 30 years of age. Males constituted 78.1% of cases. Suicide rates in males showed an increase […]

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A total sample of 205 medical students, general practitioners, secondary school guidance teachers, & police officers from Ankara, Turkey completed the Attitudes Toward Suicide Scale. Principal components analysis revealed a nine factor model for the scale. Medical students & general practitioners had the most permissive attitudes. General practitioners’ attitude scores about preparedness to prevent suicide […]

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This study evaluated the demographic, causative, & biologic characteristics of 63 patients with organophosphate poisoning admitted to 2 hospitals in Turkey. 53 of the patients had suicidal intent & 10 cases were accidental. The mean age of patients who had attempted suicide was 28.5 years. No statistically significant differences were noted between accidental exposure & […]

Scales to measure helplessness & hopelessness were found to have good reliability & were significantly correlated with suicide ideation in a sample of 330 undergraduates from Turkey & 419 American undergraduates. (7 refs.)

Among 180 Turkish university students, the probability of suicide was strongly predicted by both hopelessness & deficiencies in problem solving. In addition, for women, unhealthy attachment styles (preoccupied & dismissing) also predicted suicidality. The clinical implications of these findings are that psychotherapists should focus on helping suicidal adolescents improve their problem solving skills & decreasing […]

A questionnaire with items about abuse, neglect, self-mutilation, & suicide attempt & the Turkish version of the Dissociative Experiences Scale were given to 862 high school students. The rates of suicide attempt & self-mutilative behaviours were 10.1% & 21.4%, respectively. Abused or neglected groups had 7.6-fold higher suicide attempts & 2.7-fold higher self-mutilation behaviours. The […]

This study investigated whether there is a relationship between the menstrual cycle & suicide attempts, & determined the factors affecting suicide attempts in different phases of the menstrual cycle. The study sample included 52 women admitted to an emergency room because of a suicide attempt. The incidence of suicide attempts in menstrual follicular phase was […]

This paper is the first study of suicide notes in Turkey. Using a classification scheme, 49 suicide notes were studied. Results show note writers do not differ greatly from other suicides. Further analysis of younger (less than 40 years) & older (more than 40 years) suicide note writers reveal few significant differences. Results, together with […]

In samples of both Turkish & American students, the correlates of suicide ideation were found to be similar, with depression, hopelessness, & attitudes toward the ownership of life predicting the level of suicide ideation in both samples. Results using a Western measure of religiosity, however, were different in the two cultures, indicating the need for […]

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This study investigated the possible role of depression, self-esteem, problem solving, assertiveness, social support, & some socioeconomic factors on adolescent suicidal behaviour in a small city in Turkey. 805 first-year high school students participated. Some 23% reported having thought of suicide during the past 12 months or in their lifetime. 2.5% reported a suicide attempt. […]

This study analysed female adolescent-family relations, believed to be one of the significant factors in female adolescents’ suicide attempts, from a multidimensional perspective. The subjects were 52 Turkish female adolescents who had attempted suicide & 52 normal female adolescents from two different secondary schools. Results revealed the general stress level of those who attempted suicide […]

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