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Suicide*

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Depression ; Suicide

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Depression ; Suicide

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Autopsy* ; Suicide*

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Suicide, Attempted*

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Suicide, Attempted*

This case report stresses the role of depression in the manifestation of a homicideattempted suicide. We report the case of a man who allegedly murdered his partner and then attempted suicide. Previously, he had several failures and rejections in relationships in addition to work-related stress. He was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and treated with antidepressant. The scarcity of homicideattempted suicide as exemplified in this case could give an insight to the Psychiatrist for better understading and possible prevention.
Depression ; Suicide

Objective: The study was conducted to describe the demographic characteristics and methods of suicide deaths from 2004-2008. Methodology: This was a descriptive study of the profile of suicide deaths in the Philippines, based from the records of the Philippine National Police Crime Laboratory at Camp Crame in Quezon City, Philippines. Records of cases of suicide deaths confirmed by the P P Crime Laboratory between the dates of January 1, 2004 to December 31, 2008 were collected including age, sex, and mode of suicide. Results: There were a total of 135 records of suicide deaths that were accessed. Among the 135 subjects, 86 (63.71 %) were males and 49 (36.29%) were females at a ratio of 1.7: 1. Subjects' age ranged from 8-80 years. Seventy four cases (54.81 %) of total cases belonged to the 20-40 year old age group, followed by the 41-64 yearold age group with 45 cases or 33.33% of total cases. Twelve subjects (8.88%) of total cases belonged to the 8-19 year-old age group, and 4 subjects or 2.96% of total cases belonged to the 65-80 age bracket. No cases were recorded below 7 years old and above 80 years old. One hundred twenty one of 135 total number of cases (89.62%) resorted to hanging themselves while 8 (5.92% ) used firearms to kill themselves. Five (3.71 %) jumped from high places and 1(0.75%) died of chemical ingestion. Conclusion The study showed that majority of suicide deaths belonged to the 20-40 year-old age group and more suicide deaths occurred among males. As to age distribution by sex, most deaths occurred among the 20-40 year-old age group for both sexes. Lastly, hanging was noted to be the leading mode of suicide among the subjects.
Suicide, Completed

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Adolescent* ; Humans ; Suicide*

2.280 people living in DongDa district, Hanoi city were randomly selected and interviewed concerning the health status, the physical illness the emotional troubles as well as the habit of use of alcohol, sleeping medication, pain medication, and their suicidal thought in whole life. The results showed that there is an association between the suicidal thoughts and cancer, asthma. Anxiety, depression and fear were considered predictors for these thoughts, the habit for using sleeping and pain relief medications were associated statistic significantly with the suicidal thoughts but there was not an association with the use of alcohol.
Population ; Suicide ; Sick Role