Original scientific paper

SELF-POISONING SUICIDE ATTEMPTS AMONG STUDENTS IN TEHRAN, IRAN

Esmail Farzaneh ; Department of Medical Toxicology and Forensic Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran
Omid Mehrpour ; Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Birjand University of Medical Sciences, Birjand, Iran
Sam Alfred ; Clinical toxicologist, Department of Emergency Medicine, Royal Adelaide Hospital and the NSW Poisons Information Centre, Australia
Hossein Hassanian Moghaddam ; Toxicological Research Center, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Behnam Behnoush ; Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Tahereh Seghatoleslam ; Faculty of Medicine, Shaheed Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Background: This study aim was to describe the epidemiology of intentional self-poisoning among students.
Subjects and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on self-poisoned
students admitted to Loghman-Hakim Hospital in Tehran, Iran. Variables studied included age, sex, substance abuse, personal history, familial history and the immediate precipitant for the suicide attempt.
Results: A total of 248 students (200 F and 48 M) studied. The mean age was 16.3±1.42 years. Self poisoning with a pharmaceutical agent was the most common attempt modality (87.5%). The most common precipitant for the suicide attempt was family conflict (54.4%), followed by romantic disappointment (29.4%). The most
common psychiatric disorders were adjustment disorder (84.3%). and depression (18.1%).
Conclusion: The emphasis in student suicide prevention programs must be on early identification of students at risk, and appropriate treatment of episodes of psychopathology.

Keywords

self-poisoning; suicide; students

Hrčak ID:

48608

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/48608

Publication date:

10.2.2010.

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