Resource Tag: URBAN ECOLOGY (SOCIOLOGY)

Objectives. Using national patient cohorts, we assessed rural-urban differences in suicide rates, risks, and methods in veterans. Methods. We identified all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) patients in fiscal years 2003 to 2004 (FY03-04) alive at the start of FY04 (n = 5 447 257) and all patients in FY06-07 alive at the start of […]

The objective of this study was to examine, first, the relationship of having a rural vs. urban background with suicidal ideation in Chinese college students, and second, whether a potential relationship was mediated by depression.

This study examined the likelihood of a past suicide attempt for urban American Indian youth, given salient risk & proective factors. Survey data from 569 urban in-school youths, ages 9-15, was used. Logistic regression determined probabilities of past suicide attempts. For girls, suicidal histories were associated with substance use (risk) & positive mood (protective). For […]

This study assessed whether developmental assets & risk-taking behaviours, as measured by the Search Institute instrument, were related to attempted suicide in African-American, inner-city youth. A survey of 336 youth was conducted. Significant odds ratios were found for 4 assets questions & 11 risk-taking behaviour questions by attempted suicide behaviour. The odds ratios ranged from […]

The prevalence of attempted suicide was assessed & individual, interpersonal, behavioural, & psychological risk factors associated with attempted suicide were explored in a general community sample of metropolitan Japanese youth. 2095 youth, ages 15-24, were recruited using street-intercept techniques. Overall, 6% of males & 11% of females reported a prior suicide attempt. For males, attempted […]

This study assessed whether gender- & ethnic-specific suicide rates differed across 6 of South Africa’s major cities. Data on 4946 suicides occurring between 2001-2003 were collected. The overall age-standardised rate for the 6 cities was 25.3 per 100,000 for men & 5.6 per 100,000 for women. Suicide rates are most often highest among whites & […]

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This study described substances used in overdose & the characteristics of patients admitted with medicinal drug overdose in an urban tertiary care hospital in Colombo. A descriptive study of 191 patients admitted with intentional self-poisoning was carried out. Medicinal drugs were the most common substance used in overdose. Those who used medicinal drugs were mainly […]

This study examined explanations of suicide reported by surviving family members or close friends with reference to social, cultural, & environmental conditions as well as the challenges of life in the Malavani slum of Mumbai. Accounts of underlying problems typically referred to various aspects of tension. Perceived causes often identified multiple factors. The sociocultural contexts […]

Cox regressions were used to calculate interaction effects of gender for childhood & parental risk factors for 8815 suicides in a national cohort of 2.47 million Swedish people born between 1946-1968. Low parental socioeconomic status increased suicide risk only for men while living in a metropolitan area increased the risk only for women. Parental psychotic […]

Using suicide data from the Mortality Multiple Cause of Death Records & 2000 census data, the authors examined the roles of motivation & opportunity in shaping suicide rates among young white & young black males in American cities. Racial differences in the predictors of suicide were found, although concentrated disadvantage directly affects suicide among young […]

This study investigated whether or not intimate partner violence & suicide ideation are correlated in urban African American women, & if the link is explained by symptoms of depression & posttraumatic stress disorder. With 323 abused African American women, path analysis revealed that intimate partner violence led to depressive symptoms which led to suicide ideation, […]

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 […]

8.6% suicide ideation was found among 349 urban 6-9 year olds in the top tercile of aggressive-disruptive behaviour. Suicide ideation was associated with more self-reported depression, opposition defiance disorder, conduct problems, & attention deficit hyperactivity disorder symptoms & 3.5-5 times more clinically significant symptoms. Parents rated more symptoms in older children associated with suicide ideation […]

This study evaluated the prevalence of suicide ideation & attempts in a representative sample of the general population in Casablanca, Morocco. The survey was conducted using face-to-face household interviews. The Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview was used to assess axis I diagnoses & the suicidality module was used to rate the severity of active suicidality. The […]

This study assessed the prevalence of suicidal behaviours in the general population in Latvia, identified risk groups, examined a possible continuous sequence of suicidal behaviours with underlying gradient of severity, assessed patterns of help-seeking behaviours & preferences for different types of services. A postal survey was carried out. The last year & lifetime prevalence of […]

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The aim of this study was to ascertain suicide seasonality in the Greek population & to associate this seasonal variation with age, gender, & suicide method. The deaths caused by violent suicide (not self-poisoning) were studied. Statistically significant suicide seasonality was established with a peak in May. This seasonal variation is attributed mainly to males. […]

This study used epidemiological data of older African Americans & Caucasians living in Brooklyn, New York to compare those factors associated with active or passive suicide ideation in each group. Using 1990 census data, a sample of 214 whites & 860 blacks was assembled. Whites reported higher prevalence than blacks for current suicidality & lifetime […]

In two surveys of nine American cities, suicides made up about one-fourth & homicides about one-tenth of the cases involving drugs. Individuals who definitely died by suicide more often were female & somewhat older than the sample as a whole. Whites were overrepresented. A very high percentage of suicide victims were reported as emotionally depressed […]