Background: Suicide is an important, preventable, public health problem worldwide, caused
by the interaction of numerous environmental, biological and psychosocial factors. Aims …

OBJECTIVE: In order to generate local evidence, a case-control study was designed to
explore risk factors for suicide attempts (SA) in one of the larger cities in the southeast of Iran …

Background: Suicide/suicide attempt, as a major public health problem, has been included
among anti-social behaviors. We aimed to investigate the epidemiology of suicide and some …

Background: Today, there are great concerns about the high frequency of suicidal attempts
which are a major health problem. Identifying the prevalence of suicide and its predisposing …

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 …

Background: Suicide is a growing public health problem all over the world. Understanding
the prevalence of suicide and its correlates is of great importance in planning programs to …

Objective: Suicide represented 1.8% of the total global burden of disease in1998 and it will
increase to 2.4% in 2020. We performed a cross sectional study to assess the prevalence of …

Objectives Limited research has been undertaken on suicide in developing countries. This
paper aims to investigate characteristics of suicide attempts in Hamadan district of Iran …

Abstract Background and Aims: Suicide is a multifaceted public health problem. Although
the suicide rate in Iran is very low, the epidemiological reviews have shown that its rates …

Background: Suicide and attempted suicide are mental complex phenomena which directly
affected by personal and environmental factors. Since recognition of the risk factors for …