Citation

Morad M, Merrick E, Schwarz A, Merrick J. ScientificWorldJournal 2005; 5: 674-679.

Affiliation

Clalit Health Services, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, ScientificWorld, Ltd.)

DOI

10.1100/tsw.2005.84

PMID

16127600

Abstract

Islam prohibits to take your own life, because this way you will interfere with the work of God (Allah), which is clear from several places in the Quran. Concerning individual suicide or suicide attempts in various Arab countries the literature is sparse and the incidence low. In this paper we present a review of research from Israel showing that suicide epidemiology among the Arab population of children and adolescents display a low incidence, but an increase has been observed over the past decade, but still much lower than the Jewish population. We believe that there is a need for the development of prevention and intervention strategies in order to keep this incidence low.