Abstract Background According to the World Health Organization (WHO) figures in 2015, the
number of people attempting suicide worldwide per year exceeds 800,000 individuals. The …

Background In addition to the unstable political situation, Lebanon had experienced a cycle
of wars, local armed conflicts, terrorist attacks, and crises (lack of clean water, recurrent …

Objectives Suicidal ideation as a critical point for the identification of individuals at risk of
committing suicide/attempting suicide. Methods Cross-sectional study; random sample; n …

Background Suicidal ideation is thinking about suicide/serving as the agent of one's own
death. Patients with a major depressive disorder are the highest group which are affected by …

Background Suicide is increasing in young Iranian population, which necessitates the
employing of valid, yet abridged instruments assessing the constellation of suicide-related …

OBJECTIVE: To date, most researchers rely on suicidal items of scales primarily designed to
measure depression severity to capture suicidal ideation (SI). This study aims at …

This paper reviews hospital and government based articles on suicidality in the Arab world.
A systematic search was conducted up to 2006 (Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait …

The aim of this cross-sectional 1-year study was to estimate the prevalence and to identify
the risk factors for suicidal and self-injurious behaviours among patients with depression. A …

This reprinted article originally appeared in (Arab Journal of Psychiatry, 2007,(Nov), 18 [2],
99-107).(The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 2007-19662-004) …

Background: Suicide is a common problem worldwide and the magnitude is high especially
in countries where mental illnesses are prevalent and psychiatric services are poor …