Citation

Späte H, Otto K. Psychiatr. Neurol. Med. Psychol. (Leipz) 1979; 31(3): 174-183.

Vernacular Title

Suizidale Handlungen mit Tabletten.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1979, S Hirzel Verlag)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

482453

Abstract

A sample of 352 subjects, who had made a suicide attempt by ingesting pills examined in the aspects of age and sex, number and origin of used tablets and combination of pill ingestion with alcohol or other methods. Younger people under 20, took nearly exclusively tablets, which they accidentally found at home. Elder patients over 50, used nearly exclusively prescribed drugs. The typical patients attitudes to this suicidal method gives us the right to speak about such suicide attempts as "attempts by tablets". The pharmacological substance is unimportant and plays a secondary role. The seriousness of suicide attempts depends on topical situation of person, biological and social factors; it does'nt dependent on number or pharmacological substance of tablets.

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