Citation

Doblado SR. An. Psiquatr. 2000; 16(2): 57-62.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2000, Arán Ediciones)

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Abstract

Nowadays, suicide attempts are an unsolved problem of public health care. Suicide attempts are also one of the three main causes of death for adolescents in occidental countries, and they suppose a high potential loss of years of life. Suicide and parasuicide rates modify depending on source, which is probably due to methodological differences and also sociocultural factors.

RESULTS of the WHO-EURO Multicentre Study on Parasuicide suggest that data of different centres grouped together may be unrepresentative. Sociocultural factors can be implicated in geographical variations concerning suicide behaviour; indeed, social events have induced historical changes in suicide behaviour rates. Currently, highest prevalences of parasuicide behaviours are presented at United States, Scandinavian and east-european countries; medium rates at central Europe, Netherlands and United Kingdom; and lowest prevalences at mediterranean, arabian and latin american areas. Suicide behaviour in urban and rural areas is recording essential and interesting changes in last years. Following theoretical review about sociocultural features of suicide behaviour, methods, setting and limitations of study are included, bringing in second part ("Suicide attempts in a rural area II") © 2000 Aran EdIcioNes, s. a.

Language: en

Keywords

Cultural factors; Psychiatric epidemiology; Rural; Sociodemographic factors; Suicide attempt