The issue of self harm is a popular inclusion in various contemporary journals focusing on
health and in particular women's health. This paper seeks to condense, critically analyse …

Suicide clusters are a rare and underresearched phenomenon which attract wide media
attention and result in heightened concern in the communities where they occur. We …

OBJECTIVE: Risk factors for suicide attempts have rarely been studied comprehensively in
more than one psychiatric disorder, preventing estimation of the relative importance and the …

Background Suicide and suicide attempts are important public health concerns, and recent
decades have witnessed a rising rate of suicide among African Americans. A history of prior …

The majority of studies on risk factors for suicide have been conducted in developed
countries, and less work has been done to systematically profile risk factors in developing …

OBJECTIVE: To examine suicide attempts in an epidemiologically and genetically
informative youth sample. METHOD: 3,416 Missouri female adolescent twins (85 …

Study objectives: Although stress is thought to be a risk factor for suicide, most research has
been retrospective or has focused on attempted suicides or suicide ideation. This study …

Suicide is a global public health problem, but very few theories have been developed for its
etiology and effective prevention. Presented in this article is a comprehensive and …

The association between many psychosocial factors and risk of suicide was examined. A
cohort was conducted over 14 years of follow up among the general population (15,597 …

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the distribution and determinants of
suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in a community sample of women with major …