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Yasan, Aziz; Danis, Ramazan; Tamam, Lut; Ozmen, Sehmus; Ozkan, Mustafa – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008
Our objective was to elucidate potential causes of higher rates of suicide attempts in females compared to males in southeastern Turkey through a 1-year survey. Gender-related differences observed in 96 subjects who attempted suicide by poisoning for the first time were as follows: in comparison to male, females were predominantly within the age…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Females, Suicide, Foreign Countries
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Altindag, Abdurrahman; Ozkan, Mustafa; Oto, Remzi – Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2005
The southeastern part of Turkey has comparatively high female suicide rates. We aimed to research social, economic, cultural, and psychiatric reasons of suicides in Batman in a case-controlled psychological autopsy study comparing suicides with matched community controls. The female suicide rate was 9.3 per 100.000 and the female/male ratio was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Suicide, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis