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Police Views of Suicidal Persons and the Law Criminalizing Attempted Suicide in Ghana: A Qualitative Study With Policy Implications

SAGE Open, 2017
The penal code of Ghana condemns suicide attempt. The present study sought to explore the views of the police on persons who attempt suicide and the law criminalizing the act.
Joseph Osafo, Charity S. Akotia, Emmanuel N.-B. Quarshie, Kofi E. Boakye, Johnny Andoh-Arthur   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Can Outcomes of a Chat-Based Suicide Prevention Helpline Be Improved by Training Counselors in Motivational Interviewing? A Non-randomized Controlled Trial

Frontiers in Digital Health, 2022
ObjectiveTo examine whether the outcomes of a chat-based suicide-prevention helpline could be improved by training counselors in motivational interviewing (MI).MethodsIn a pre- and post-test design, visitors of a chat-based suicide prevention helpline ...
Wilco Janssen, Jeroen van Raak, Yannick van der Lucht, Wouter van Ballegooijen, Wouter van Ballegooijen, Saskia Mérelle   +5 more
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Can We Really Prevent Suicide? [PDF]

, 2012
Every year, suicide is among the top 20 leading causes of death globally for all ages. Unfortunately, suicide is difficult to prevent, in large part because the prevalence of risk factors is high among the general population. In this review, clinical and
A Fagiolini, A Roy, A Roy, AC Leon, AD Lopez, AF Jorm, AL Beautrais, AN Sabo, AP Chioqueta, B Schneider, B Schneider, B Spivac, B Stanely, B Stanley, B Yerevanian, BA Palmer, BN Gaynes, C Bushe, C Haw, CM Feltz-Cornelis van der, CW Tsai, D Fergusson, D Gunnell, D Shaffer, D Wasserman, DA Brent, DA Brent, DA Brent, EC Harris, F Cassidy, F Guzzetta, F Keller, FK Goodwin, FS Bridges, G Dieserud, G Isacsson, G Isacsson, G Sonneck, Gil Zalsman, GK Brown, GL Carter, GL Sidley, H Dumesnil, H Galfalvy, H Valtonen, HG Morgan, HJ Moller, HJ Moller, HJ Moller, HY Meltzer, J Fawcet, J Johnson, J Lonnqvist, JA Egeland, JB Luoma, JD Maser, JJ Lin, JJ Mann, JJ Mann, JM Boden, JMG Williams, K Hawton, K Hor, K Posner, K Szanto, KL Knox, KM Malone, L Tondo, LM Hayes, Lucas Giner, M Bauer, M Bauer, M Leitner, M Miller, M Olfson, M Panagioti, M Pompili, M Sarchiapone, M Shelef, MA Oquendo, MA Oquendo, MA Oquendo, MA Oquendo, Maria A. Oquendo, Maya Schwartz-Lifshitz, MD Rudd, MM Linehan, MP Pignone, N Tarrier, ND Kapusta, NM Melhem, O Bennewith, PA Wyman, PG Placidi, PH Soloff, PH Soloff, RD Gibbons, RJ Baldessarini, S Kelly, SH Kennedy, SP Pirkola, U Hegerl, U Hegerl, U Hegerl, UA Andersen, W Coryell, WA Watson, WD Hall, Z Rihmer, Z Rihmer, Z Rihmer, Z Rihmer   +111 more
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Detecting changes in help seeker conversations on a suicide prevention helpline during the COVID− 19 pandemic: in-depth analysis using encoder representations from transformers

BMC Public Health, 2022
Background Preventatives measures to combat the spread of COVID− 19 have introduced social isolation, loneliness and financial stress. This study aims to identify whether the COVID-19 pandemic is related to changes in suicide-related problems for help ...
Salim Salmi, Saskia Mérelle, Renske Gilissen, Rob van der Mei, Sandjai Bhulai   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Understanding the Complex of Suicide in Depression: from Research to Clinics

Psychiatry Investigation, 2020
Objective Amongst psychiatric disorders, major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most prevalent, by affecting approximately 15–17% of the population and showing a high suicide risk rate equivalent to around 15%.
L. Orsolini, R. Latini, M. Pompili, G. Serafini, U. Volpe, F. Vellante, M. Fornaro, A. Valchera, C. Tomasetti, S. Fraticelli, M. Alessandrini, R. La Rovere, S. Trotta, G. Martinotti, M. Di Giannantonio, D. de Berardis   +15 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Suicide and attempted suicide

Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry, 2014
Abstract not availableDOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljpsyc.v5i2.7824Sri Lanka Journal of Psychiatry Vol 5(2):37 ...
Shehan Williams, Thilini Rajapakse
openaire   +4 more sources

Suicide Ideation and Attempts in a Pediatric Emergency Department Before and During COVID-19

Pediatrics, 2020
In this study, we examined rates of positive suicide-risk screen results in a pediatric ED from January to July 2020 as compared with similar screens conducted between January and July 2019.
R. Hill, Katrina A. Rufino, Sherin R. Kurian, Johanna E. Saxena, K. Saxena, L. Williams   +5 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Wesley LifeForce Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training in Australia: 6 Month Follow-Up Evaluation of Full and Half Day Community Programs

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2021
Background and Objective: Wesley Mission LifeForce training is an Australian suicide prevention gatekeeper program which has not been formally evaluated.
Jacinta Hawgood, Yu Wen Koo, Jerneja Sveticic, Jerneja Sveticic, Diego De Leo, Kairi Kõlves   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The political economy of farmers’ suicides in India: indebted cash-crop farmers with marginal landholdings explain state-level variation in suicide rates [PDF]

, 2014
Background A recent Lancet article reported the first reliable estimates of suicide rates in India. National-level suicide rates are among the highest in the world, but suicide rates vary sharply between states and the causes of these differences are ...
Kennedy, J, King, L
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Suicide by Fentanyl [PDF]

Toxicology Letters, 2006
Suicide by FentanylFentanyl is a potent, short-acting narcotic analgesic widely used as surgical anaesthetic. This article presents a case in which fentanyl was self-injected by a 41-year old nurse, an employee at the hospital emergency department, who was found dead at home. She had no known history of drug and alcohol abuse.
Marija Definis-Gojanović, Davorka Sutlović   +1 more
openaire   +7 more sources