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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"suicide mortality"”.
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Suicide Mortality of Emergency Department Patients
… association of these variables with subsequent suicide mortality.</p> <p><strong>Rationale </strong>Identifying patients who are most at risk of suicide mortality post ED discharge can focus resources, refine interventions, and prevent suicide. Additionally, recognizing patterns of ED care …
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Firefighters who died by suicide : an epidemiologic study of suicide means, sociodemographic and psychiatric risk factors, and other precipitating circumstances.
Suicide is a significant and growing public health problem and it is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. Firefighters, in particular, are thought to be at high risk for suicide due to chronic workplace stress. In recent years, more firefighters have died from suicide than in the …
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Epidemiology and genetic risk factors of suicidal behaviour in South Africa
Background: Suicide is an urgent public health problem. Fatal suicidal behaviour (individuals who died by suicide) and non-fatal suicidal behaviour (attempted suicide, self-harm, and suicidal ideation) comprise a complex interplay of individual, social, environmental, and biological factors, that …
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A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Cellphone-Based Intervention to Promote Lethal Means Safety in Suicidal Adolescents
The prevalence of youth suicide is a significant public health concern. Lethal means restriction is the practice of removing potentially dangerous items from a suicidal individual's environment to promote safety. It is widely accepted that lethal means restriction is a best practice for the …
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THE SEASONALITY OF PATHOLOGY: A SOCIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
… of different social pathologies, including suicide, mortality resulting from disease, the onset of physical illness, and criminal behavior. Using time-series data from the United States, for 132 consecutive months between 1965-1975, it is found that virtually all of the behaviors …
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The validation and refinement of a contextually-responsive suicide prevention gatekeeper training program designed to identify and support people from asylum-seeking and refugee backgrounds: a mixed-method design
… Globally, at least 700,000 people die by suicide each year. Rates of suicide mortality fluctuate geographically, with low-and middle-income countries representing 77% of the world's suicides. Suicide-related behaviours and individual risk factors vary between ethnicities and across …
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Efectividad y seguridad de la quetiapina en la disminución de los síntomas depresivos, en pacientes con esquizofrenia
Introducción: La depresión se presenta frecuentemente en pacientes con esquizofrenia, en las diferentes fases de esta y, dada su similitud con diferentes síntomas propios de la esquizofrenia, su identificación resulta difícil. El objetivo del presente estudio es determinar la efectividad y …