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From ideation to attempt: A study of suicidality and its correlates amongst patients with schizophrenia in a resource-poor country

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2022
Background: There is increasing evidence that patients with schizophrenia have high tendency to commit suicide. However, such an act is usually preceded by suicidal behaviours (or suicidality) such as suicidal ideations, suicidal intent, suicidal plans ...
Oluseun P. Ogunnubi   +6 more
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Differentiating adults who think about self-harm from those who engage in self-harm: the role of volitional alcohol factors

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2019
Background Self-harm, an act of self-poisoning or self-injury irrespective of motivation, is a major public health concern. Use of alcohol prior to or alongside acts of self-harm is common but little is known about the alcohol-related mechanisms of self ...
Ambrose J. Melson, Rory C. O’Connor
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Suicidal ideation in men during COVID-19: an examination of protective factors

open access: yesBMC Psychiatry, 2023
Background Men account for three-quarters of all suicide deaths in many Western nations including Australia. Whilst extensive research has examined risk factors for suicidal ideation and behaviour in men, protective factors remain underexplored ...
Zac E. Seidler   +6 more
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Unemployment and suicidal behaviour [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2003
The role of economic policy In the mid-1980s, Stephen Platt published two reviews of the literature that indicated that unemployment was associated with an increased risk of completed suicide and an increased risk of attempted suicide (sometimes referred to as parasuicide).1,2 As we have pointed out, the association between unemployment and suicidal ...
D, Lester, B, Yang
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Suicidal behaviour across the African continent:a review of the literature [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
BACKGROUND: Suicide is a major cause of premature mortality worldwide, but data on its epidemiology in Africa, the world's second most populous continent, are limited.METHODS: We systematically reviewed published literature on suicidal behaviour in ...
Burrows, Stephanie   +10 more
core   +1 more source

Suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm: national prevalence study of young adults

open access: yesBJPsych Open, 2018
BackgroundThere are few prevalence studies of suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-harm (NSSH).AimsWe aimed to estimate the prevalence of thoughts of NSSH, suicidal thoughts, NSSH and suicide attempts among 18- to 34-year-olds in Scotland.MethodWe ...
Rory C. O'Connor   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Trends and patterns of suicidal behaviour in Nigeria: Mixed-methods analysis of media reports from 2016 to 2019

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Psychiatry, 2021
Background: Media coverage of suicides in Nigeria appears to be explicitly descriptive and deviates from the recommended best practice. Despite these shortcomings, verifiable information provided by these media outlets could arguably, at the minimum ...
Olushola Olibamoyo   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genomewide association scan of suicidal thoughts and behaviour in major depression [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Suicidal behaviour can be conceptualised as a continuum from suicidal ideation, to suicidal attempts to completed suicide. In this study we identify genes contributing to suicidal behaviour in the depression study RADIANT.
Farmer, Anne E   +156 more
core   +1 more source

The shared genetic architecture of suicidal behaviour and psychiatric disorders: A genomic structural equation modelling study

open access: yesFrontiers in Genetics, 2023
Background: Suicidal behaviour (SB) refers to behaviours, ranging from non-fatal suicidal behaviour, such as suicidal ideation and attempt, to completed suicide.
Tahira Kootbodien   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Suicidal Behaviour in Adolescence [PDF]

open access: yesThe Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 2010
Adolescent suicide and suicidal behaviours have become major public health issues in recent years. Suicide is widely recognized as a major cause of mortality in young people, and nonfatal suicidal behaviours in young people are associated with considerable morbidity.
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