The epidemiology of self-immolation in Iraq: A systematic review

DR Ahmed - International journal of social psychiatry, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Self-immolation is one of the most brutal suicide methods and is a significant
social and medical problem throughout the world. Self-immolation is more common in low …

A meta‐ethnography of developing and living with post‐burn scars

J Bayuo, FKY Wong, R Lin, JJ Su… - Journal of Nursing …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Post‐burn scarring is often cosmetically unappealing and create discomfort.
This makes it crucial to understand the experience of individuals living with scars which can …

Early marriage, stressful life events and risk of suicide and suicide attempt: a case–control study in Iran

A Fakhari, H Allahverdipour, ED Esmaeili, VK Chattu… - BMC psychiatry, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Early Marriage (EM) and associated Stressful Life Events (SLEs) and
consequences such as psychological and physical well-being issues can lead to suicide …

Self-immolation in the Arab world: A systematic review

S El Hayek, M Cherro, N El Harake, E Ghossoub - Burns, 2023 - Elsevier
Self-immolation is the act of setting fire to oneself. Recent spikes in self-immolation events
have been noticed in the Arab world, specifically in the aftermath of the Arab Spring in 2011 …

Situation analysis of suicide and self-harm in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region

A Erlangsen, M Khan, W Su, K Alateeq… - Archives of suicide …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Objective An estimated 41,000 lives are lost to suicide each year in World Health
Organization Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (WHO EMRO) countries. The objective of …

“It was like nobody cared about what I said?” Iranian women committed self-immolation: a qualitative study

N Aghakhani, V Lopez, N Parizad, R Baghaei - BMC women's health, 2021 - Springer
Background Suicide-attempts have increased across the world and have become higher
among females. There has been a high prevalence of self-immolation in Iran, mostly young …

Society, family, and individual characteristics as double-edged swords in the social reintegration of Iranian female survivors from unintentional severe burns: a …

M Hemmati Maslakpak, F Ajoudani, M Lotfi… - BMC women's health, 2021 - Springer
Background Reintegrating to society is a significant challenge during burn survivors'
rehabilitation. Aim This study aims to describe what Iranian female survivors from …

Challenges and reactions of families of women survived self-immolation: A qualitative study in western Iran.

J Yoosefi Lebni, M Saki, A Ziapour… - … , practice, and policy, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
Objective: Families are a key source of support for women recovering from self-immolation, a
common form of suicide in many parts of the world. Yet, we know little about the challenges …

Antenatal depression symptoms among pregnant women seeking health services in Erbil, Iraq

K Mishkin, SS Maqsood, HM Ahmed - Maternal and child health journal, 2021 - Springer
Introduction Maternal depression, which includes depression in the prenatal and postpartum
periods, is estimated to affect between 10 and 20% of women globally but the rate is higher …

Suicidal self-burning in women and men around the world: a cultural and gender analysis of patterns and explanations

SS Canetto, S Pouradeli, MM Khan… - Suicide risk assessment …, 2023 - Springer
Self-burning is a violent suicide method with high morbidity and mortality. In some regions it
is most common among women and in other regions among men. This pattern is consistent …