Iran is a multi-cultural and multi-ethnic country with more than 83 million inhabitants, located
in the World Health Organization's Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR). Based on the …

Background and Aims: Iran is one of the few countries in the Eastern Mediterranean Region
(EMR) to have developed a national suicide prevention program (NSPP). This report …

Iraq is a developing Arab Muslim country with a remote history of civilization, natural
resources, and sub-cultural diversities. It endured conflicts and foreign invasions from …

Prevalence studies provided in Syria have emphasized common mental health disorders,
including depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, with less emphasis on …

Objective Studying suicide can be of assistance to prepare the ground for the adoption of
effective preventative measures. In the present study, our aim was an in-depth review of …

Objective: Data on national rates of suicide is limited in Iran, preventing an action plan for
health scope of suicide prevention. The current brief study was conducted to review …

Background: Kermanshah province (the most populated province in the west of Iran) has
one of the highest suicide rates among Iran's provinces. This study aims to update the …

Suicide and self-harm are significant public health problems in Pakistan, an Islamic South
Asian country, where, until recently, both were criminalized acts. Both are under-studied and …

Background: There are few diverse studies that have reported the case fatality rates of
different methods of suicide, none of them are originated from developing countries. The aim …

The WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region (EMR) consists of 22 countries including
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jordan, Kuwait …